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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

A new report examines the growing financial and social costs of increasing hurricane risk, with special attention to areas of ...

When a hurricane causes extreme damage or loss of life, its name is retired from future use out of respect and to avoid ...

Across the United States, insurance markets are buckling under the pressure of more frequent and expensive climate events.

Chimney Rock was emblematic of the destruction wrought by Hurricane Helene. Thanks to an army of volunteers, it's on the way back. After massive destruction by Hurricane Helene, Chimney Rock is ...

The iconic southern Appalachian community was all but destroyed after Hurricane Helene ushered in devastating floods there last September. But thanks in large part to the kindness of strangers ...