Natural disasters are often unexpected and can cause considerable damage to properties. Recent wildfires have highlighted the importance of disaster preparedness both personally and professionally.

Hurricanes can be dangerous, destructive and deadly even far from the coast. Learn how to prepare for tropical hazards before ...

Having long, medium and short term goals can help ease your mind. By Erik Vance Every year, it feels like the Earth is becoming a scarier place. Floods, fires and hurricanes are becoming more powerful ...

New legislation would create a unified national strategy for disaster planning, consolidating government disaster planning efforts.

Disasters know no boundary lines. Floods, earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, drought, conflict — they happen anywhere and everywhere on our planet. It’s why the University of Delaware’s ...

Deadly wildfires, raging floods, dangerous heat waves, powerful storms — they’ve all been unleashed in busy travel destinations as this overheated summer sets grim record after record. The stream of ...

History is riddled with the tragic stories of cities, communities, organizations, and complexes that experienced devastation wrought by a natural disaster of some kind. In many (or even most) of these ...

September marks National Preparedness Month — a reminder to everyone to prepare for disasters and emergencies to keep each other, our families and communities safe. Extreme weather events can be ...

Disasters that severely impact business operations can come in many shapes and sizes. Events like fires, floods, snowstorms, hurricanes and tornadoes can bring companies to a screeching halt by ...

The workshop will focus on flooding preparedness for vulnerable populations ...

Flash flooding has been tearing up communities across the U.S., with heavy downpours sending creeks and rivers rushing over ...

Along with death and taxes, natural disasters seem to have to become another unpleasant certainty these days. While losses from natural disasters are increasing, insurance costs are ballooning and ...