For the past 25 years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has helped develop building codes, the construction standards that help houses survive hurricanes, wildfires and earthquakes. Now, ...

“We’d see a lot of bridges collapsing,” said Snohomish County Emergency Management Director Lucia Schmit. “We’d see a lot of ...

As Earth approaches warmer levels experienced earlier in its geologic history, it may be bad news for human survival.

Scientists know that natural disasters have negative health effects on survivors, but long-term observations are lacking. To help fill this gap, a research team has investigated the connection between ...

All eyes are on the Texas power grid as a freeze line arrives in Houston. Here's what you can do to avoid losing power if the ...

Residents whose homes still stand in burn zones are concerned about their health and how to make their homes livable again.