NWEA’s playbook suggests that schools develop a recovery plan and build relationships with community groups before any severe climate event occurs.

The team will use a technology called LIDAR to detect land changes, map vulnerable areas and predict where these hazards could occur next. Hurricane Helene led to mudslides, flooding and other events ...

What if we could have more warning time before a natural disaster? People could seek shelter faster. First responders could surge resources to the impacted area. And new construction projects could be ...

September is Natural Preparedness Month and the Red Cross is urging residents to take advantage and prepare their households for natural disasters. Officials say each year, Red Cross volunteers ...

Humanity lives on a thin edge: we barely scratch beneath the crust of our planet and routinely travel only within less than 10 miles of the atmosphere. So when you think about it, every day that life ...

Last year, the insurance industry saw 27 weather events that resulted in at least a billion dollars in insured losses, including hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and tornadoes. Overall, last year, ...

Natural disasters affect many parts of the world, but few countries experience them as frequently and as intensely as ...

A tornado quickly swept through northwest Omaha in the area of 132nd and Blondo Streets, and authorities were trying to determine how much damage might have occurred on the ground. Are you and your ...

The pictures are horrific and terrifying. Entire neighborhoods wiped out like a war zone. Over 12,000 buildings destroyed. Hundreds of thousands ordered to evacuate. Nearly 40,000 acres burned. And it ...