This guide explains how federal, state, and local disaster response works — from applying for FEMA aid to documenting damage.

A guide to navigating insurance companies, government agencies, and legal issues if you lose your home after a disaster.

Social media is abuzz with Tatsuki's prophecy of a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami wrecking her home country of Japan -- ...

Mount Lewotobi’s eruption Tuesday evening, June 17th, in Indonesia, saw the volcano hurling ash 6.8 miles into the sky.

Kate Garraway, who looked after her husband Derek Draper during his battle with long COVID before his passing in January 2024 ...

FEMA is “fully activated in preparation for Hurricane Season,” and is “shifting from bloated DC-centric dead weight to a lean, deployable disaster force that empowers state actors to provide relief ...

Disaster evacuees are seen living in a corridor at the Bayside Arena in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 15, 2011, following the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

The length of the emergency response phase is proportional to the type and level of disaster. Then comes longer-term recovery – restoration and reconstruction. This period can take years, or decades.

But to raise enough money for the disaster relief fund, and to secure prime-time BBC coverage, the concert needed an A-list headline act. That was proving much more difficult.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A West Tennessee state senator has filed a bill that would create a new statewide disaster relief program. Sen. Page Walley (R-Savannah), who represents eight different ...

The tsunami displaced more than 1.5 million people and sparked disaster relief of around $14 billion pledged from the international community, according to the United Nations.

“The Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years ago has reshaped the way the humanitarian community addresses emergencies today, highlighting the importance of disaster preparedness,” a European Union ...