WASHINGTON ― There is an urgent need to reimagine disaster preparedness, mitigation, and recovery strategies in the U.S., as intensifying climate and weather hazards cause successive and compounding ...

From severe storms to tornadoes, natural disaster statistics reveal that disasters are occurring more frequently and with ...

If the past few years have taught us anything, expect the unexpected. That unpredictability extends to events and reminds us that effective risk management is an often unspoken key to success. Whether ...

When the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s urban search and rescue team resigned after the deadly July 4, 2025, Texas floods, he told colleagues he was frustrated with bureaucratic ...

After months of uncertainty over its future, an online resource for tracking the financial cost of weather and climate disasters throughout the United States has been revived. The U.S. Billion Dollar ...

A worker in Thailand clears a road after a major flood. Disasters can threaten the infrastrucutre, investment climate, and human capital that jobs depend on. Photo credit: Adobe Stock At the World ...

Following on the success of Landesman's original Public Health Management of Disasters is the 2nd edition of The Practice Guide. The book provides 13 chapters and 20 appendices chock-full of useful ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The South Carolina Office of Resilience has released a list of disaster case management mobile intake events that will take place in the Upstate in August. Mobile ...

The countries of the Central American region and the Dominican Republic are highly vulnerable and exposed to all types of natural hazards, which have intensified due to the effects of climate change.

Dhaka, June 22 -- Early Warning Systems (EWS) and Disaster Risk Financing (DRF) mechanisms can play a critical role in reducing disaster risks and protecting vulnerable communities from the growing ...