Seven major weather-related events have led to billions in damages and economic loss in 2025, according to calculations by ...

In December 1989, the United Nations declared Oct. 13 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. At the time, the aim was ...

In the last year, extreme floods, fires, and storms wreaked havoc around the world. For the victims of these disasters, a whole other nightmare awaits them once the flames are contained and ...

A survivor tells his experience of being jailed in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, while officials and experts look at ...

President Trump has said he wants to eventually shift the burden of disaster relief and recovery onto states. It’s already ...

Vanguard Charitable announced that its donor-advised fund clients hit a giving record, much of it in response to natural disasters. Donors directed their dollars to relief for the damage caused by ...

In 2024, the U.S. saw 27 weather and climate disasters that caused at least $1 billion in damage. The total number of destructive disasters was just one shy of 2023’s record, according to the National ...

What’s behind all these disasters? Politicians have refused to acknowledge, and do not want to believe, that their inaction has contributed to recent disasters — and then blame others when disaster ...

Human dignity is a universal concept. From religious theologies to Kantian ideas of freedom and ethics, there is an inherent ...