Insurance professionals are among the few people who understand how devastating a natural disaster can be. It’s simply a matter of course in the industry. Insurance professionals have frequent, ...

Elizabeth Zimmerman is the former FEMA associate administrator and deputy associate administrator for response and recovery from 2009 to 2017, where she led the response and recovery operations of 938 ...

DHAKA/KURIGRAM, Bangladesh, Oct 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - I n northern Bangladesh, where annual monsoon floods on the Brahmaputra River often ravage crops and homes, farmers are limiting ...

What is it that you value when it comes to spending money? Do you want to travel? Have a nice car? Live in a nice home? Attend the theater? We all make these types of choices every day as individuals ...

Erie County recently received a Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant to update its Hazard Mitigation Plan. This update is required by FEMA every five years to remain eligible for funding for projects, ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Missoula County officials are working to stay ahead of natural disasters, holding an open house Wednesday night for residents to offer input on updates to the county's pre-disaster ...

Tuesday marked the official start of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season — one the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says will be busier than average. But while states brace for the ...

The existing U.S. residential housing stock is increasingly exposed to storm surge and coastal flooding. For example, over 650,000 single-family residential homes were damaged or destroyed following ...

We examine the extent to which pre-disaster planning and post-disaster aid can help firms to recover from a natural disaster event. Using detailed plant-level data covering the areas affected by the ...