Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's already been three weeks sine Hurricane Helene left swaths of Florida's Gulf Coast and regions of other Southeastern states ...

Disaster preparedness and recovery are no longer optional for businesses today. Instead, they have become essential. Such events can affect businesses in various ways, including damage to storefronts, ...

When historic wildfires tore through the idyllic tropical landscape of Maui, Hawaii, the national attention resulted in an overwhelming number of public records requests. The county turned to Granicus ...

Disasters serve as focusing events, providing a “window of opportunity” to reassess practices, propose new policies and animate the human decisions that make communities vulnerable to climate-related ...

Forty-three percent of businesses never reopen after a disaster and another 29% fail within two years. Let that sink in. Disasters are unpredictable, but their consequences don’t have to be. Whether ...

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.

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 ...

During President Trump’s second term, the disaster declarations that unlock money are taking longer than in the past. Blue ...

The Indian government has launched a nationwide Cell Broadcast System (CBS) for real-time, geo-targeted disaster alerts.