DHAKA/KURIGRAM, Bangladesh, Oct 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - I n northern Bangladesh, where annual monsoon floods on the Brahmaputra River often ravage crops and homes, farmers are limiting ...

Elizabeth Zimmerman is the former FEMA associate administrator and deputy associate administrator for response and recovery from 2009 to 2017, where she led the response and recovery operations of 938 ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) -- The Central Virginia Planning District Commission (CVPDC), through grant funding provided by the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM), and in partnership with ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. In the days after a disaster, one of the most urgent challenges ...

Traverse Analytics helps Indigenous communities, fire departments, municipalities, and corporations understand complex extreme weather event data through their digital literacy platform. Their team ...

What is it that you value when it comes to spending money? Do you want to travel? Have a nice car? Live in a nice home? Attend the theater? We all make these types of choices every day as individuals ...

One year ago, Congress transformed the field of emergency management with the passage of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act (DRRA) of 2018. These important reforms to federal disaster programs ...

The City and County of Honolulu updated a federally required disaster plan, and this time around it focuses more on climate change and moving away from the shoreline. Trying to head off costly damage ...

We examine the extent to which pre-disaster planning and post-disaster aid can help firms to recover from a natural disaster event. Using detailed plant-level data covering the areas affected by the ...

MANILA, Philippines—Government disaster managers, especially those in local government, are expected to conduct pre-disaster risk assessments in their areas and design appropriate responses according ...