David Richardson, who took over as head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in May, seemed to say on a June 2 call that he was unaware the United States experienced a hurricane season.

The study used data from EM-DAT, the largest public database of disaster-related deaths. Rather than focusing on individual catastrophes, the research uses a statistical approach designed to reveal ...

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A hybrid federal-state partnership could yield more efficient and effective disaster governance without sacrificing equity ...

Intelligent drones and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are rapidly evolving from experimental prototypes into essential infrastructure across disaster response, health care delivery, agriculture, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hurricane Ian caused widespread damage in Florida in 2022, estimated at over $112 billion. This scene was once a shopping center.

Kapolei High School students learned and practiced basic first aid, fire safety, search and rescue, and teamwork skills.

A sprawling winter storm that left hundreds of thousands without power, grounded thousands of flights and disrupted travel across the eastern half of the U.S. could be the first real test of the ...

The Department of Homeland Security has drafted plans to drastically cut the Federal Emergency Management Agency workforce in 2026, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post that detail ...

Parents and faculty from Good Shepherd Episcopal School in Dallas are preparing to help with disaster response following the floods in the Hill Country. Members of the school’s Disaster Relief & ...

(TNS) — The shutdown of the U.S. government has brought work determined by the Trump administration to be “nonessential” to a halt across the country as thousands of federal employees have been ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A major emergency training drill took place at Indianapolis International Airport on Wednesday, simulating a disaster scenario to test the airport’s crisis response. The exercise ...