They may not make national headlines, but they are creating significant disruption in communities across the country.

Increased costs are forcing investors, already battered by the recent turbulence in global bond markets, to be more careful ...

As the Trump administration guts disaster aid, it’s time for an extreme weather superfund paid for by fossil fuel firms.

From tornadoes and hurricanes to wildfires and floods, weather and climate disasters cause billions of dollars in damage, on top of their steep human toll. Those costs could rise sharply in the years ...

Climate Disasters Are Growing. So Are Cuts to Programs That Prepare for Them KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Sitting on the floor of a makeshift shelter for survivors of Nepal's deadly recent floods, Tenzin ...

Floods, wildfires, conflicts, earthquakes, economic shocks, hurricanes or epidemics: These unexpected and often dramatic events affect people's lives and jobs, destroy crops, wipe out livestock and ...

Environmental disasters generally fall into two categories: natural and manmade. The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 destroyed flora and fauna across hundreds of square miles and partially ...

Natural disasters drastically affect human lives—destroying homes, separating families, leading to disruption of daily routines, which affects their stability. While emergency mental health responses ...

Between 2011 and 2024, Connecticut experienced 11 climate disasters, based on the 11 federal disaster declarations that were made by the state during that time. A new map shows the breakdown of ...

Disasters Can Affect Mental Health A Decade Later, Review Finds By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Feb. 26, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Disasters and violent events echo in the minds of people ...

A study of people who had been exposed to a disaster found different long-term patterns of alcohol use and mental health that ...