From severe storms to tornadoes, natural disaster statistics reveal that disasters are occurring more frequently and with greater intensity. Over the past five years, the U.S. has experienced an ...

The bill would create a national weather safety board to investigate deadly disasters and recommend changes for the future.

Climate disasters that kill large numbers of people have never been short, single events. They are almost always ...

The rising frequency of natural disasters due to climate change could make health plans more susceptible to significant negative effects, according to Maria DeYoreo, PhD, of RAND Corporation. In the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You’ve probably noticed that disasters seem to be getting weirder and more intense. Every time you turn on the news, there’s ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency helps prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies. The Federal Emergency Management Agency helps prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies ...

Governors and legislators should view floods, wildfires and other calamities as inevitable expenses rather than random events, the new report says. The growing price of disasters should compel states ...

It was another catastrophic year for weather disasters in the United States. The LA wildfires in January 2025 ‒ at $61.2 billion, the costliest fire outbreak in US history ‒ helped push the nation's ...