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 ...

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 ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. In the days after a disaster, one of the most urgent challenges ...

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 ...

A fossil that sat untouched for decades is now helping rewrite part of the dinosaur family tree, and the breakthrough is happening at Virginia Tech. Sunshine Diner opens in Madison Heights, offering ...

Traverse Analytics helps Indigenous communities, fire departments, municipalities, and corporations understand complex extreme weather event data through their digital literacy platform. Their team ...

The City and County of Honolulu updated a federally required disaster plan, and this time around it focuses more on climate change and moving away from the shoreline. Trying to head off costly damage ...

The first 72 hours after a disaster are the most critical. The most effective responses during this period come from those closest to the scene. Faith-based and community organizations play vital ...

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 ...