NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to former FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell about how the Department of Homeland Security shutdown will affect operations at the disaster relief agency.

Tornadoes are officially the scariest natural disaster, according to new research. A survey of 2,500 Americans split evenly by U.S. region found that regardless of where they live, the threat of a ...

Immediate recovery efforts receive the most attention after severe natural disasters, yet new data from researchers at Drexel University and the University of Maryland suggests these climate events ...

Living through a disaster, whether natural or man-made, can take a serious toll on one’s mental health, both in the immediate aftermath of the disaster and for months or even years to follow.

Amid tragedy and loss, communities can struggle to rebuild themselves after a disaster. But Duke experts say experience shows there is a way. Finding hope will require looking at past disasters and ...

As my L.A. County Fire partner and I were trying to get ahead of the flames, we drove up a narrow road into a canyon neighborhood above the endless sea of homes in the flat valley below. Appropriately ...

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But as we approached the epicenter of the damage, I realized this disaster was different. Building after building had large cracks throughout, while many other structures had partially or totally ...

Weather disasters in the first half of this year have cost the United States $93 billion in damage, according to a report released Tuesday by a German multinational insurance company. The analysis by ...

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The collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge is shocking—but not unprecedented History of Now Meilan Solly - Senior Associate Digital Editor, History The steel frame of the Francis Scott Key ...