Florida to Borrow Billions to Backstop Insurers After Hurricanes January 23, 2024 By Nic Querolo Florida is planning to borrow as much as $3.8 billion to infuse a state fund that reimburses property insurers for...
New FEMA Rules Aim to Cut the Red Tape of Disaster Recovery January 22, 2024 By Rebecca Santana Anyone who has lived through a natural disaster and then applied to the federal government for assistance knows that it...
10,000 People Missing and Thousands Feared Dead After Libya Floods September 13, 2023 By Samy Magdy CAIRO (AP) — Emergency workers uncovered hundreds of bodies in the wreckage of Libya’s eastern city of Derna on Tuesday,...
Hawaii’s Biggest Disaster Kills 55 With 1,000 Still Missing August 11, 2023 By David R. Baker and Mark Chediak Rescue and clean-up crews are now pouring into the historic Hawaiian town of Lahaina, which has been leveled to ash...
Indonesia Landslide Death Toll Hits 32; 22 Still Missing March 10, 2023 JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescue workers recovered more bodies buried under tons of mud following a landslide that crashed onto...
Report: 90% of US Counties Hit with Disaster in Last Decade November 17, 2022 By Drew Costley Ninety percent of the counties in the United States suffered a weather disaster between 2011 and 2021, according to a...
Puerto Ricans Await Aid, Fret About Post-Hurricane Recovery September 27, 2022 By Danica Coto TOA BAJA, Puerto Rico (AP) — City worker Carmen Medina walked purposefully through the working-class community of Tranquility Village under...
Canadians Clean Up After Fiona Sweeps Homes Out to Sea; One Dead September 26, 2022 By John Morris PORT AUX BASQUES, Newfoundland — It will take several months for Canada to restore critical infrastructure after the powerful storm...
Trailers Offer Kentucky Flood Victims Temporary Home September 12, 2022 By BRUCE SCHREINER David Stephens’ children romped around the small patch of grass they’ve turned into a makeshift playground, running and laughing –...
Kentucky Flood Victims File Suit Against Mine Companies August 26, 2022 JACKSON, Ky. (AP) _ Dozens of eastern Kentucky flood victims have filed a lawsuit that says two coal companies contributed...