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The director of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency sent his federal counterpart a letter this month urging the ...

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Upheaval at the nation’s top disaster agency is raising anxiety among state and local emergency managers — and leaving major ...

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Bangladesh, one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries, is witnessing a troubling rise in lightning-related deaths.

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Trump, who politicized disasters during his campaign, is now slow-walking aid to victims of dozens of tornadoes, floods and wildfires.

Big donors have shown up in the wake of highly publicized natural disasters but funding for risk reduction needs a boost. Here's what experts say.

The number of natural disasters that cost over a billion dollars has increased more than sixfold since 1980. The chart above uses available NOAA data to show a meteoric rise in catastrophic events ...

In 2024 disasters displaced a record number of people both globally and in the U.S. About 11 million U.S. residents had to relocate to another part of the country because of hurricanes, floods and ...