By Shanna Hanbury More than 110 million people were affected by 358 reported disasters in 2025, according to the annual report by the Emergency Events Database. The year was consistent with a typical ...

Tornadoes are officially the scariest natural disaster, according to new research. A survey of 2,500 Americans split evenly by U.S. region found that regardless of where they live, the threat of a ...

The first warning of impending disaster some Texas Hill Country residents received came in the form of rushing water, strange noises from passing debris and the screams of victims swept down a raging ...

Why we should stop using the term "natural disaster" to describe hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes, floods and other natural ...

The defining climate story of 2025 was that they unfolded across regions with very different income levels, governance structures and climate readiness, yet produced strikingly similar failures.

As of Jan. 28, the Federal Emergency Management Agency had 18 disaster declaration applications awaiting President Donald Trump’s approval. Eleven are more than a month old and some date back to ...