Sweden and Finland, which recently gave up neutrality and joined NATO following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, have ...

The U.N. climate summit in Azerbaijan has cleared the way for aid to flow when lower-income countries are hit.

"Inaugurating an EOC is exciting for us emergency wonks. The Yurok tribe’s new facility is in the Yurok Community Center, the ...

Camiguin Island is the "gold standard" in disaster preparedness, Office of Civil Defense (OCD) administrator Undersecretary ...

Last of two parts AWARENESS and education: The knowledge deficit. Public awareness and education are quintessential components of disaster preparedness. Ensuring that the populace is cognizant of ...

President Marcos said he had ordered different government agencies to further enhance the country's disaster preparedness to reduce the impact of calamities and avoid fatalities from natural disasters ...

(Juliana Halvorson via AP, File) ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — President Joe Biden has declared a major disaster area in southeast New Mexico after historic flooding killed two people and forced the rescue of ...

The tragedy is already Europe's worst flood-related disaster since 1967 when at least 500 people died in Portugal. Hopes of finding survivors were raised when rescuers found a woman alive after ...

HENDERSONVILLE, North Carolina — Mike Toomey called a federal helpline last week to get disaster aid after Hurricane Helene flooded his home in western North Carolina. He got a recording instead.

Spain has been left reeling from its deadliest natural disaster in decades as devastating flash floods swept the country's Eastern coast. In Valencia, entire communities were plunged beneath the ...

But the EPA does not have special disaster-preparedness requirements for reactive chemicals—compounds that are safe until they suddenly aren’t, including TCCA, which has caused multiple ...