The Trump administration is abruptly cutting dozens of disaster response and recovery staff at the Federal Emergency ...

The Courier Journal looked closely at the string of natural disasters that hit Kentucky in 2025 and what's being done to ...

Kentucky is one of the most disaster-prone states, and disaster-stricken communities are finding themselves ill-equipped to ...

Heavy rainfall across southwest Colorado has caused rockslides and flooding that prompted evacuations Saturday. Due to the intense flooding, local officials signed a disaster declaration for La Plata ...

In May, floods devastated small towns in Maryland’s Allegany and Garrett counties. Roads collapsed. Homes flooded. Schoolchildren had to be ferried to safety. Last November, a bomb cyclone tore across ...

Hours after an Atlantic hurricane came for Appalachia, many residents of rolling, tree-lined western Asheville, North Carolina, had nothing to do and nowhere to go. More than 1,000 roads were closed, ...

Disaster-stricken communities around the state have found solutions to protect people and property, but they need help.

As Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf Coast in 2005, it reshaped the way nonprofits approach disaster relief, focusing on recovering the "whole community." "I think one of the things about long ...

Nearly a year after Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina, schools are still grappling with the emotional aftermath. Sept. 27 will mark one year since Helene ripped through the area.

President Donald Trump approved major disaster declarations for three states on Oct. 23, while the Federal Emergency Management Agency denied similar requests from Illinois and Wisconsin that same day ...

We were bombing up I-10 over Lake Pontchartrain, one week to the day after Hurricane Francine passed the same way with its tempest winds and a month’s worth of rain. Chenier “Klie” Kliebert, a Native ...

Fifty years after the James river’s closure, Virginia’s worst environmental disaster — one that sickened scores of citizens and crippled a vital industry — marks a nadir in the state’s ...