According to Climate Change News, due to geography and scattered coastal populations, Vanuatu has been repeatedly labeled as ...

In December 1989, the United Nations declared Oct. 13 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. At the time, the aim was ...

When we hear the word "disaster" we often think of floods, droughts or earthquakes—events caused by nature. But what really ...

Officials in Texas are under scrutiny for a string of refusals to fund early warning systems for flash floods in an area where sudden, intense rainfall is frequent. Those measures could have included ...

Wildfire disasters worldwide are growing notably in frequency and cost, according to a new study, with nearly half of the most damaging events over the last 44 years occurring in just the past decade, ...

When disaster strikes, the aftermath is often measured in loss — but for some, it’s measured in profit. This documentary ...

Some states have seen drastic cuts to homeland security grants, leading to a freeze on the entire $1 billion program.

Turkey has put a former head of its disaster management agency in charge of its aid to Gaza, a Foreign Ministry source said, ...

The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday said it aims to strengthen the disaster preparedness of schools nationwide through initiatives involving technology, training programs, and a guidebook.

Almost 90 years after its first and only appearance at the World Cup, Indonesia is just two victories away from returning to the tournament. If Indonesia can defeat Saudi Arabia and Iraq on Oct. 8 and ...

It looks like a tragic scene: a car rammed halfway through the front window of a Rochester home. But this is all part of the State Fire Administration’s annual training, ...