New research reveals that wild disturbances are increasing across America, and these events greatly influenced indirectly by ...

While hurricanes pose a great risk to Houston and the surrounding area, Harris County’s Homeland Security and Emergency ...

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Nearly 50 tornadoes and some fatal moved through the Eastern U.S., even here in Maryland, just over a week ago. With severe storms rolling through the area, it is always best to be ...

Tornados are rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped air spirals that emerge from a violent thunderstorm and reach the ground. Tornados can have a wind velocity of up to 200 miles per hour and generate ...

Not all communities face disasters equally. Some are hit harder, recover slower, or are more vulnerable from the start. FEMA's Risk Map ranks every county and Census tract in the U.S. based on three ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has now distributed more than $104 million to Kentuckians who suffered losses ...

As my L.A. County Fire partner and I were trying to get ahead of the flames, we drove up a narrow road into a canyon neighborhood above the endless sea of homes in the flat valley below. Appropriately ...

Mexico's Sept. 19 earthquake drill will also include emergency exercises for several types of natural disasters.

More and more people are building their homes in woodland settings in or near forests, rural areas, or remote mountain sites. As residential areas expand into relatively untouched wildlands, these ...