With climate-related natural disasters on the rise across the country, many of us are left wondering how to prepare if one strikes close to home. The American Red Cross recommends starting with a ...

September marks National Preparedness Month — a reminder to everyone to prepare for disasters and emergencies to keep each other, our families and communities safe. Extreme weather events can be ...

On the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina making landfall in New Orleans, emergency officials in Massachusetts worry that the state won't be prepared if and when a storm like that hits New England.

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BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Governments around the world are underestimating the costs of disasters, particularly smaller ones triggered by weather and climate extremes, which is ...

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 ...

"Stop Disasters," an online video game developed by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), teaches young people how to reduce risks linked to flooding, hurricanes and other ...

I urge state legislators to take proactive measures to protect Oregon families from natural disasters before more communities suffer the way folks in Clackamas County are now, (“Oregon coast flooding ...