With weather catastrophes becoming more common in the United States these days, communities have counted on two facts. First, the federal government has their backs. When state and local resources are ...

In disaster management, decision-making can be categorized into three phases: the pre-disaster phase, which involves sending warnings and planning evacuation procedures; the disaster phase, focused on ...

A company whose earlier disaster recovery contract in North Carolina was marked with serious communications problems will return to run North Carolina’s disaster recovery program in western counties ...

A worker in Thailand clears a road after a major flood. Disasters can threaten the infrastrucutre, investment climate, and human capital that jobs depend on. Photo credit: Adobe Stock At the World ...

The NDMA has characterised the current halt as a precautionary measure. While technical and procedural reviews are underway across multiple government agencies to fix the broadcasting parameters, the ...

The countries of the Central American region and the Dominican Republic are highly vulnerable and exposed to all types of natural hazards, which have intensified due to the effects of climate change.

After a disaster, population mental health generally improves, but an increase in mental health problems often follows, potentially peaking years later, according to a systematic review and ...

Every year, many of us go in for a routine physical. Not because anything feels wrong, but because it is useful to know what is changing quietly: blood pressure edging up, cholesterol drifting, a ...

For many isiXhosa-speaking residents, disaster warnings arrive too late, or in language that is difficult to understand.