A hybrid federal-state partnership could yield more efficient and effective disaster governance without sacrificing equity ...

LOUISVILLE, Colo. — Natural disasters across the country are increasing. In 2021, there were 20 different natural disasters, each one causing at least $1 billion in damages. A report from the United ...

When disaster strikes — a hurricane, an earthquake, a wildfire, a major storm surge — we see the impact: homes lost, critical infrastructure damaged, lives disrupted. What we often don’t see is the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeffrey Steele has been a freelance writer for one-third of a century. Rendering of a Lewisboro, N.Y. disaster-resilient home by ...

Camp Mystic, the private summer camp that now symbolizes the deadly Central Texas floods, sat on a tract of land known to be at high risk for a devastating flood. Nearly 1.3 million Texas homes are ...

As news of local disasters spreads, such as the recent explosion and fire in Bell Gardens that damaged an apartment building, many of us are reminded of the importance of community and resilience.

Windham Regional Planning Commissioner Chris Campany at the site of a floodplain restored with FEMA funding in West Brattleboro, Vermont. Campany said he sees his role as helping people understand ...