There’s been little progress in strengthening codes to ensure safety and community resilience, according to the Insurance Institute for Business...
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For every dollar the government spends to make existing buildings more resistant to wildfires, earthquakes, floods and hurricanes, $6 is...
An Indiana board has approved proposals from two local governments to require carbon monoxide detectors in residential properties after blocking...
In the blink of an eye the Cocoanut Grove – one of Boston’s swankiest nightclubs – became an unimaginable inferno,...
It’s been five years since Superstorm Sandy caused widespread devastation to the East Coast, causing an estimated $18.75 billion in...
Wearing a hardhat, Rodrigo Diaz Mejia steps onto the hood of a crushed car and then gingerly into an apartment...
As residents and businesses continue to recover after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, focus is beginning to turn to mitigation. In...
Warm lighting would enhance the wood floors’ natural glow, the developer promised, so when all the custom lightbulbs burnt out,...
On paper at least, the Mexico City school appeared to be structurally sound and built to withstand a major earthquake....
Jerry Garcia’s home in Corpus Christi missed the worst of Hurricane Harvey by just a few miles and lost nothing...