Natural disasters

In the wake of deadly disasters, communities across the United States have banded together to search for lost photographs stuck in rivers and trees, or buried in the rubble. Grassroots projects to reunite people with their photos have sprung up in Asheville, North Carolina, after Hurricane Helene, and Altadena, California, following the Los Angeles wildfires. The found images show everything...

About 94% of Americans live in a county that has gotten Federal Emergency Management Agency climate disaster financial help since 2011.

The U.S. Agency for International Development was created in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy.

Less than a year since it launched, Extreme Weather Survivors keeps gaining new members as the U.S. faces more frequent disasters. The network provides support for survivors, but it also delivers unified support for climate action. National climate reporter Chase Cain introduces us to a couple who lost their home in the Eaton Fire.

During natural disasters like wildfires and floods, scammers often emerge to prey on victims.

The 7.1 magnitude quake struck parts of western China and Nepal on Tuesday morning.

People across Southeast Asia commemorated the lives of those lost two decades ago in the massive Indian Ocean tsunami that killed close to 230,000.

As many throughout the Southeast work to get back on their feet after two major hurricanes, others across the country are working to combat a storm of misinformation. For Margaret Donabed, Thursday brought another day of assessing the damage. Donabed’s home in St. Pete Beach, Florida, was heavily damaged last week by Hurricane Milton. “It does feel surreal, and...

As the cleanup continues after two major hurricanes hammered the Southeastern U.S., so does the work to separate fact from fiction.

As Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida, those who safely evacuated and came to New England are watching nervously. Donna Sheinberg of Tampa is staying with her daughter in Sudbury, Massachusetts, but she is on pins and needles with concern for her husband. “I’m worried for our neighborhood, our city, our state. My husband is still there,” she said....

A Tampa woman is nervously waiting out Hurricane Milton with her daughter in Massachusetts while her husband stays behind in Florida.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, also known as FEMA, is an agency created to respond to disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires and earthquakes. Here’s what you need to know.

Sue O’Connell discusses how lies being spread about the federal response to Hurricane Helene are having a negative impact on those affected by the storm.

There are an estimated one to two megaquakes a year across the globe, which have the power to completely destroy communities near their epicenter. Here’s what you need to know.

The head of the Homeland Security Department says the agency tasked with responding to disasters across the country is prepared as it goes into what is expected to be an intense hurricane and wildfire season.

As towns and cities see a rise in natural disasters that require greater emergency response than their local resources can support alone, two western Massachusetts lawmakers renewed their call Tuesday to divert a portion of excess capital gains tax revenue toward a proposed disaster relief fund. Flashing photos and news headlines on the screen from floods and tornadoes of 2023,…

The climate crisis is fueling a steady growth in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather, and Massachusetts cities and towns face an increasingly common conundrum trying to respond to those emergencies. Many of the disasters that have hit the Bay State in the past decade, like major flooding, cause more potent effects than local officials can handle on their…

Pfizer had said most of the tornado damage was to a storage facility, rather than its medicine production area.

Libya’s chief prosecutor says he has ordered the detention of eight current and former officials pending his investigation into the collapse of two dams.

Movie star Anthony Mackie was back in his home town — and back at an old job — as he took part in a program to help people needing roof repairs and replacements after natural disasters.