For decades, the Alaska Legislature has ignored requests by Alaskans to establish a climate disaster preparedness and response fund, with revenues from a nominal tax on oil production (which has ...

Chris Johnson sits on the porch of what is left of his home after Hurricane Laura passed through the area on August 28, 2020 in Lake Charles. Johnson said he was in the house when the storm hit. (Joe ...

(CNN) — I’ll never forget when my phone rang and I was told we were activating in response to the imminent failure of the Oroville Dam, the tallest in the United States, in the Sierra Nevada foothills ...

When we talk about disasters, we often default to the language of nature. We describe storms as "unprecedented," floods as ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean businessman and Christian sect leader, wanted on charges tied to a ferry disaster in which more than 300 passengers drowned, sought asylum at a Seoul embassy but was ...

It’s been four years since Hurricane Laura slammed into southwest Louisiana just shy of Category 5 status. It was the fiercest storm the state had seen in a century, driving more than 10 feet of storm ...