Insurance, bonds and savings will speed recovery from the monster hurricane, but the Caribbean nation will still need international aid. Hurricane Melissa is rampaging across the Caribbean as Western ...

MacKenzie Scott, one of the world's richest women and most influential philanthropists, has donated $60 million to the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, according to a Tuesday announcement from the ...

Some stories have mundane beginnings, while others strike like lightning. Only occasionally is it both. In today’s newsletter, we share the story behind our new feature on the disaster industrial ...

Hours after an Atlantic hurricane came for Appalachia, many residents of rolling, tree-lined western Asheville, North Carolina, had nothing to do and nowhere to go. More than 1,000 roads were closed, ...

They arrived in Gauley Bridge by the dozens, and then by the hundreds, until their numbers reached into the low thousands, swarming the tiny West Virginia town with the kind of hope that’s hard to ...

At the 21st Formation Day of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in New Delhi, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, underscored the pivotal role of technology in disaster ...

A federal judge this week blocked the Trump administration from conditioning disaster and security funds for states on their immigration policies. Earlier this year, the Department of Homeland ...

Abstract: In the aftermath of a catastrophic weather event, housing recovery and reconstruction activities are highly complex. Coordinating housing recovery activities is generally challenging because ...

Milwaukee area residents impacted by the historic early August flooding will soon be able to seek direct assistance at two new Disaster Recovery Centers opening in Milwaukee and Wauwatosa on Sept. 24.

The upper part of the catchment above Dharali after the 5 August 2025 disaster. Image copyright Planet, used with permission. Image copyright Planet, used with permission. Image dated 11 September ...