Tim Keaton, Hazard Mitigation Planner with the West Virginia Emergency Management Division, served as host of the April 19 State Mitigation Planning Workshop in South Charleston, W.Va. The state ...

Earlier last week I wrote about how the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be tested to meet all the disaster events happening across the nation, from wildfires in the West to flooding ...

After catastrophic damage, how does a community rebuild? This an introduction to the disaster management cycle. Disaster 101: This is part of a series that looks at how communities recover from ...

Nov. 14--Yuba County residents acquainted with the sorts of natural disasters that can threaten the region are being invited to be involved in county planning for emergency responses. "Natural hazards ...

Last year, I discussed the historical cycle of disaster relief in this country since the 1980s. The pattern is consistent: When a Republican has been president, he screws everything up through ...

As someone who lives in Western North Carolina, the past few weeks have been tough. Walking through Asheville and surrounding towns, it is heartbreaking to see what remains in the wake of Hurricane ...

THIS YEAR ALONE, the Philippines has endured a relentless procession of storms. Wipha (Crising) in July submerged entire communities in Northern Luzon. Ragasa (Nando) and Bualoi (Opong) arrived ...

Cyclone Senyar was an unusually rare event for Sumatra, but the scale of destruction cannot be explained by weather alone. Decades of deforestation, mining, plantations, and peat drainage left ...