Over the past 40 years, what natural disaster has affected more people around the globe than any other? The answer, according the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), is drought. The past 10 ...

It is charged with ensuring that the federal government can operate after a nuclear blast or other catastrophe.

A popular database that tracked the nation's growing number of billion-dollar disasters is going away, in another of the ongoing changes at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The ...

A new study shows that weeks before the 2025 hurricane season begins, only about 8% of Houstonians feel they are "very well ...

In 2024 disasters displaced a record number of people both globally and in the U.S. About 11 million U.S. residents had to ...