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Warnings predicted both Texas floods and Hurricane Helene. But in both disasters, people were left in harm’s way.
Nancy Epperson, right, and Brooklyn Pucek, 6, visit a memorial for flood victims along the Guadalupe River on July 10, in ...
By SEAN MURPHY and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — As President Donald Trump heads to Texas on Friday ...
President Donald Trump has avoided talk of scrapping the federal disaster response agency after the catastrophic flash flood ...
Flooding has caused an average of more than 125 deaths per year in the United States over the past few decades, according to ...
Hurricane Helene lasted only a few days in September 2024, but it altered the landscape of the Southeastern U.S. in ways that will affect the hazards residents face far into the future.
JOHNSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – David Frankenberger made the nine-hour trip from Elkhart, Indiana, to Johnson County three times to volunteer. “Our church started sending some furniture … ...
Helene was a powerful reminder that natural hazards don’t disappear when the skies clear – they evolve. These transformations are part of what scientists call cascading hazards.
Yanites, Indiana University (THE CONVERSATION ... leaving some areas more prone to flooding and erosion. Helene was a powerful reminder that natural hazards don’t disappear when the skies clear – they ...