A climate-resilient hurricane shelter, able to withstand category five-level disasters and flagged as a global best practice, ...

Notably, 2025 was the first year in over a decade when the U.S. was not impacted by a major hurricane. Still, largely due to ...

The funding is intended to support the state’s recovery from damage incurred during Hurricane Helene and to help prevent ...

The LA wildfires last January helped push the nation's "billion-dollar disasters" to a near record last year, even without a ...

A record-setting 21 thunderstorm events each caused at least $1 billion in damages, a sign that more people and property are ...

The U.S. was spared by a direct hurricane hit last year, but claim costs for typically smaller, more frequent and localized ...

Hurricane Melissa tore off roofs and stripped trees of their leaves, including in many parts of Jamaica hit by Hurricane Beryl a year earlier. Ricardo Makyn/AFP via Getty Images Jamaica was still ...

may have ended without any landfalling hurricanes, but 23 weather- and climate-related disasters topped one billion dollars ...

BLOOMFIELD, Conn. (WTNH) — After Hurricane Melissa brought destructive winds and rains to the island of Jamaica, local community members are stepping up to help. The Duncaster Retirement Community in ...

The following sites provide useful data during tropical activity: National Data Buoy Center This site provides recent marine data (wind speed, direction, gusts; wave heights; air temps; and ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is convening a virtual public workshop focused on the needs of children and youth in disasters. The aims of this workshop are to explore ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Farah Nibbs is an assistant professor of Emergency and ...