KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In less than four months, the world’s largest sporting event will be underway in the Kansas City metro. Kansas lawmakers are reviewing a state of disaster emergency declaration to ...

Complying with federal emergency preparedness standards for nursing homes set by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) may not translate into improved real-world disaster outcomes, ...

Fifteen years ago, the world watched in horror as Japan was struck by the most powerful earthquake in its recorded history — a catastrophic event that unleashed a deadly tsunami, upended millions of ...

India, Nov. 4 -- When disasters strike - whether floods, earthquakes, forest fires, or cyclones - success in rescue and relief operations often depends not only on the courage of responders but ...

A devastating flood. A powerful and destructive earthquake. A raging forest fire, These are all disasters the National Guard trains for with the goal of saving lives. But in Brownstown Township, ...

A fifth of insurance payouts after Hurricane Melissa could originate from Bermuda’s reinsurance market, according to experts at a recent event that highlighted how local claims professionals play a ...

MARRAKESH, Morocco (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Natural disasters have a more devastating impact on the poor than widely thought, forcing some 26 million people into poverty each year and setting ...