Researchers with Lehigh University's Center for Catastrophe Modeling and Resilience, led by anthropologist David G.

The Maine State Capitol Building in Augusta. (TNS) — Last year's back-to-back winter storms walloped Lincoln County, washing out roads in Boothbay and Bremen, collapsing wharves in Southport and ...

Flying in from Belize to Los Angeles yesterday, I was immediately confronted with the devastating fires sweeping across the region. My house in Topanga Canyon was evacuated, so I was not able to go ...

Ports Are Critical to the U.S. Economy: Handling over $2.28 trillion in trade, U.S. ports are key to supply chain stability. Disaster Resilience Funding Exists, but Impact is Unclear: DOT and DHS ...

On February 26, 1852, the HMS Birkenhead struck a cluster of rocks off the coast of South Africa. With only a few lifeboats for the 638 people aboard, Captain Robert Salmond ordered the women and ...

Insurance industry profit motives conflict with our need for protection. Public insurance, coupled with proactive risk reduction, can help.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Charleston business, government and community leaders gathered Wednesday for a forum on disaster resilience, hosted by several key agencies. Present were the U.S. Chamber of ...

Water more than six feet high flooded the Appalshop main building, including the WMMT community radio station studio, in Whitesburg, Ky., last summer during a flood that devastated Eastern Kentucky.

Disaster resilience in communication networks is an increasingly critical research area, prompted by the growing frequency of natural calamities, deliberate attacks and other disruptive events. The ...

Resilience spending saves jobs and lives, cuts GDP losses and protects communities from higher economic costs when disasters strike Allstate, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the U.S. Chamber of ...

Preparedness for the future is nonnegotiable. As natural disasters become more frequent and more severe, their impact also becomes more widespread. Americans are feeling the effects of extreme weather ...

• IT averages only one large-scale recovery exercise every 10 months in preparation for cyberattacks or natural disasters.