For decades, the Alaska Legislature has ignored requests by Alaskans to establish a climate disaster preparedness and response fund, with revenues from a nominal tax on oil production (which has ...

Have you ever looked at something and thought, how could this possibly be safe? What about two products that are completely different, but look almost identical. While designers may think their ...

It’s been four years since Hurricane Laura slammed into southwest Louisiana just shy of Category 5 status. It was the fiercest storm the state had seen in a century, driving more than 10 feet of storm ...

AUSTIN, Texas – Gov. Greg Abbott said the state is looking to roll back the ability for cities and counties to raise property tax rates to fund disaster recovery. Senate Bill 10 seeks to limit the ...

After a natural disaster, getting individual aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, can be a notoriously slow and cumbersome process. But the Biden administration said it is ...

ST. PAUL -- Midwestern and Western Democrats' last-ditch attempt to approve farm disaster relief failed Tuesday as the U.S. Senate marched toward adjournment. Arguing in the name of the late Sen. Paul ...

NEW DELHI, June 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - India's new plan to tackle disasters fails to address the needs of vulnerable groups, which could lead to millions of women, children, disabled and ...