One hundred years ago, a catastrophic flood carrying enormous boulders swept through part of Dolgarrog village, north Wales, destroying several homes, a bridge and the local chapel. Ten adults and six ...

Jonathan Reckford jokes that before he became CEO of Habitat for Humanity International, he couldn’t really keep a job. In the two decades after he graduated from the University of North ...

Natural disasters have a way of reminding us just how unpredictable and powerful nature can be. Some events in history sound ...

The center of Hurricane Charlie skirted the southern coast of Jamaica on the night of Aug. 17, 1951, before it made landfall ...

State officials on the front lines of preparing for natural disasters and responding to emergencies say severe cuts to federal security grants, restrictions on money intended for readiness and funding ...

Abstract: With the intensification of global warming, extreme weather events occur frequently, and substations are severely affected by natural disasters. In view of the importance of substation risk ...

(StatePoint) After a disaster strikes, following these essential steps can help you protect your home, stabilize your finances and begin the process of rebuilding: Contact Your Insurer Immediately.

Twenty years later, Hannibal Nicholls recounts what was going on in his life toward the end of August 2005. He was in college and was engaged to his fiancée. Then suddenly, he was in the Orleans ...

It feels like every other day, we hear about some new digital disaster. From little glitches to massive leaks, the internet has seen its fair share of chaos. This article looks back at some of the ...

When it comes to our health, "failure" is one of the last words we want to hear. Yet, nothing in medicine is 100%. Each and every day we're learning new breakthroughs and techniques that allow us to ...