With those disasters in mind, the Federal Emergency Management Agency made a big change to its Local Mitigation Planning ...

A major hurricane could shut down one of the country’s largest energy and petrochemical hubs. But a decadeslong effort to ...

In focus: Storms that stall or move at a snail's pace near the coastline pile up water and prolong the coastal flooding ...

Since Tropical Storm Harvey, Orange County, along with its drainage district and cities has been working to increase the size ...

The National Hurricane Center uses the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale which estimates potential property damage using a ...

HURRICANE MARIA Less than two weeks after areas in the Caribbean were hit by Hurricane Irma, Maria moved in as a Category 5 hurricane. It has caused devastation as it moved through the Caribbean.

NPR and the PBS series Frontline investigate the forces keeping communities from building resiliently, and the special ...

Beaumont's Riverfront Park will reopen June 12, 2025, with a ribbon-cutting and live music nearly eight years after Hurricane Harvey heavily damaged the park.

Treasure Island arguably had the most difficult streets in the weeks following Hurricane Milton. The damage remained striking, moving north to Madeira Beach. Portions of sea wall had been wrecked ...

Sometimes, repairing a home damaged by hurricanes doesn't go far enough to make a family whole. That's why a Hardee County non-profit pivoted from making repairs to rebuilding homes.

As we begin the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season and share our Hurricane Preparedness Guide, we look back at the lasting impact ...