Investing in pre-disaster mitigation can save taxpayers billions of dollars by reducing the cost of recovery from natural disasters, while also providing strong protections to vulnerable local ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has created what one outlet described as a logjam for nearly $1 billion in disaster prevention projects across the country, leaving critical safety plans ...

PREPARATIONS FOR RISING OCEAN LEVELS. IT MEANS, AT LEAST FOR NOW, THIS PROJECT IS NOT GOING TO GET DONE. CUTS TO FEMA LEAVING A MAJOR BOSTON PROJECT DEAD IN THE WATER. THIS WAS A PROGRAM DESIGNED IN ...

The newly created task force held its first meeting on Friday. One of the new task forces to come out of the 2025 Kentucky General Assembly is focused on disaster prevention. The task force held its ...

Eight months after Hurricane Helene tore through the Southeastern United States, many communities in North Carolina have yet to fully recover. Despite facing an estimated $60 billion in damages, some ...

Stephanie Beasley’s recent article, “Back-to-Back Hurricanes Force Donors to Rethink Their Disaster Approach” (October 15), raises important issues regarding the best philanthropic response to ...

(Reuters) - A group of 20 mostly Democrat-led U.S. states filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to block the Trump administration from terminating a multibillion-dollar grant program that funds ...

Florida is no stranger to disasters. From hurricanes and flooding to extreme heat, the state experiences the devastating impacts of climate-driven hazards year after year. In 2024 alone, Florida faced ...

The 25th City Hall, led by Mayor Ismael Burgueño of Tijuana, presented the 2024 update of the Risk Atlas. This key tool will allow for better emergency management and city infrastructure planning, ...

Remnants of homes completely destroyed in 2024 by Hurricane Helene in Keaton Beach, Florida where the catastrophic hurricane made landfall. Alicia Devine/Tallahassee Democrat Alicia Devine/Tallahassee ...

Disasters have become a structural threat to national development rather than isolated emergencies, according to ...