These detailed reports after a disaster declaration are supposed to help the state learn from mistakes. Why are some delayed ...

Many have spent much of their career studying disasters—how people perceive risk, how institutions communicate, and why ...

The Oregon Department of Emergency Management (OEM) has adopted the Oregon Disaster Recovery Plan, Volume IV.

Investing in pre-disaster mitigation can save taxpayers billions of dollars by reducing the cost of recovery from natural disasters, while also providing strong protections to vulnerable local ...

This is not something that requires a village, it requires the nation. We need our federal government to come in,” a Pacific ...

The Monroe County commissioners approved the Monroe County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan last week. Maryellen ...

As the winter storm threatens Southeast Texas, local authorities have declared states of disaster due to the imminent risks of freezing temperatures, icy conditions.

The storm already had brought bitterly cold temperatures to parts of the Plains and Midwest, and could bring what forecasters ...

Nearly 230 million Americans are bracing for the storm, which is expected to impact regions stretching over 2,000 miles.

Bitter cold, power outages, and impassible roads are a terrible cocktail. Here’s how to prep and bunker in for an extreme ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has abruptly halted ongoing terminations of hundreds of disaster workers as the agency prepares for an enormous winter storm expected to pound a large swath of ...