Communities in west Kentucky are working to pick up the pieces after last week's storms and the flooding they caused, ...

Powell County’s Judge Executive Eddie Barnes said the county’s search and rescue team had to execute several water rescues.

Taiwan holds civil defence drills under auspices of new committee Senior Western diplomats attend drills in southern Taiwan Taiwan faces Chinese military threats, quakes and typhoons TAINAN ...

Vanuatu has been in a perpetual state of recovery. How many disasters can one nation take? The China-built presidential palace sits atop Vanuatu's capital Port Vila overlooking its bay. ( ...

WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order that seeks to shift responsibility for disaster preparations to state and local governments ...

Ms. Stockman is a member of the editorial board. For more than two decades, she served as a volunteer executive director of Jitegemee, a nonprofit organization in Kenya that serves vulnerable ...

Hundreds of thousands were displaced by climate disasters in 2024, according to the UN, underscoring the growing need for worldwide early warning systems to protect vulnerable communities.

The disaster-prone province has endured wave after wave of devastating floods, each leaving behind a trail of destruction, displacement, and grief. Dr Kerry Frizelle, a counselling psychologist at ...

Ilan Noy is a member of the scientific committee of EM-DAT (pro bono). Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington provides funding as a member of The Conversation NZ. Te Herenga Waka ...

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