After record rains devastated Lismore in 2022, many businesses have rebuilt with the next flood in mind – from waterproof interiors to running practice evacuations.

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. In August 2020, a powerful derecho tore across Iowa with hurricane-force winds, flattening crops, ...

Just over one week after what is known as Winter Storm Fern, a panel discussing disaster preparedness and recovery moderated by Wilson County Mayor Randall Hutto was held at the Made in Tennessee ...

Emergency Programs Manager Ryan O’Shaughnessy shares lessons learned from the major storm events in December and January and how the department operates.

The FEMA Review Council recommends replacing the decades-old system for distributing money to states with a plan triggered by weather conditions, not ...

This story is part of The Disaster Economy, a Grist series exploring the often chaotic, lucrative world of disaster response and recovery. It is published with support from the CO2 Foundation. Every ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Flood, storm, and fire survivors gathered in Washington, DC, on Monday to express ...

Stronger mitigation and smarter planning won’t eliminate disasters but will make them far less costly for communities and taxpayers alike. When federal policy prioritizes resilience, states and cities ...

The trading outage at CME Group on Thanksgiving evening at its Aurora data center exposed a vulnerability in the exchange operator’s backup plan that led to an hours-long wait for traders looking to ...

The Center for Biological Diversity on Dec. 2 filed a notice of its intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to develop a national gray wolf recovery plan under the Endangered ...