After the fires clouded neighborhoods in smoke, residents whose homes were spared learned that danger was still lurking in ...

As events like these become increasingly common, we need to build monitoring and early warning systems for all at-risk communities. We also need more comparative analysis of the ways mountain people ...

For now, the channel for post-disaster hazard mitigation funds remains. But the state is still trying to figure out how to cover the costs for writing the plans it was expecting to update with ...

This is in contrast with four decades of good practice that focused on how best to link the two. Examples include efforts to boost investment in disaster risk reduction to help mitigate the effects of ...

FEMA halts grant program that spent billions on disaster protection. By Thomas Frank | 04/04/2025 06:21 AM EDT . An internal memo says the agency is canceling future and existing grants that help ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, is known for responding to extreme weather like hurricanes and wildfires — the kinds of disasters that are becoming more intense and common as ...

An internal FEMA memo says the agency is canceling future and existing grants that help states and tribes prepare for floods, tornadoes and other disasters ...

When trying to improve, refine, and seek more efficiency in disaster management measures, predicting the extent of disaster damage more accurately and communicating the assessments in a coherent ...

Avalanches have become a commonplace occurrence here, especially in spots above 3,500 meters and slopes higher than 30 degrees. Certain regions of Uttarakhand are identified as avalanche-risk zones.

The report includes a hazard risk index for each type of climate disaster that is based on four factors: the probability of future events, the impact on life, property impact and the percentage of ...

And now, the scientists have presented evidence that additional warming is locked in. That means disaster risk will grow, even if the world does succeed in limiting the greenhouse gas emissions that ...

The federal government has launched the 2024 Hazard Risk Countrywide Analysis aimed at strengthening disaster preparedness and mitigation efforts across the country. To this effect, Vice President ...