CoreLogic has released its annual Natural Hazard Risk Summary and Analysis detailing the most significant natural disasters that struck the United States in 2013. The report provides an analysis of ...

TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian government filed new charges Monday in the runaway oil train explosion that killed 47 people in Quebec two years ago. Regulatory agency Transport Canada said the charges ...

GENEVA (AP) — Disasters such as floods in Europe, winter storms in the U.S. and typhoons in Asia cost insurance companies $45 billion in 2013, a leading Swiss firm said Wednesday. The sum represents ...

The Community Emergency Response Team will offer a free presentation on how to prepare for an unexpected disaster at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 14 in the Adult Reading Section of the Makawao Public Library.

LITTLE ROCK —The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 47 Arkansas counties as disaster areas, making farmers and ranchers eligible for financial aid to recover from last summer’s drought, ...

More than 12 years after historic floods devastated Boulder County, recovery work continues. Officials said the lessons learned may be similar to ones Pagosa Springs will soon know as well, as ...

When most people retire they take up golf, join a local book club, or simply sleep in more. But Clay and Kathy Smilie spend their time in disaster zones as Red Cross Volunteers. Before moving here ...