News

From the column: "Climate-driven disasters will continue to intensify (and) we can no longer blindly rely on past experience ...
After catastrophic flooding in Central Texas last week, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine are asking questions about response ...
The National Weather Service says flood fatalities have gone up. There were 145 last year, compared to the 25-year average of ...
Climate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the nation.
Stormy weather in Texas, Massachusetts and around the world is becoming more frequent and severe as the climate changes, say ...
The floods show that a shift in mindset is needed for disaster preparedness and our warming world, writes Bill Weir, CNN’s ...
Flood warnings remain in effect across the Hill Country on Monday as thunderstorms and heavy rain continue to batter the region ...
New York is investing millions of state dollars in weather tracking and emergency preparedness, aiming to gird the state against the worst of new, more extreme weather patterns — but state officials ...
When severe storms drive flash flooding in Texas, ice and snow shut down streets in Kansas City, Mo., or tornadoes damage vital public facilities in rural America, it’s local public works teams who ...
The Homeland Security chief denied that a memo she issued in June requiring her to approve FEMA expenditures over $100,000 ...
The homeland security secretary said a report that thousands of calls to a disaster hotline went unanswered because of ...
In a shift, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appeared on Sunday to walk back earlier plans for a sweeping dismantling ...