A natural disaster occurring in your destination while abroad is one of the most terrifying things many travelers can imagine ...

That’s the question the American Red Cross is asking during National Preparedness Month. Disasters can happen anytime, ...

More and more people are building their homes in woodland settings in or near forests, rural areas, or remote mountain sites. As residential areas expand into relatively untouched wildlands, these ...

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Nearly 50 tornadoes and some fatal moved through the Eastern U.S., even here in Maryland, just over a week ago. With severe storms rolling through the area, it is always best to be ...

Not all communities face disasters equally. Some are hit harder, recover slower, or are more vulnerable from the start. FEMA's Risk Map ranks every county and Census tract in the U.S. based on three ...

States With The Most Natural Disasters. Do you know how sometimes huge things happen in nature that have the potential to ...

No one in eastern Kentucky could remember rain as intense as what fell in July 2022. In just five days, more than 14 inches of rain inundated the region's rural counties. On the final day of the ...

August is the most active month for natural disasters in Florida. There have been 89 natural disasters in Florida from 1980 to July 9, 2024. Florida faces the greatest threats from severe storms, ...

As my L.A. County Fire partner and I were trying to get ahead of the flames, we drove up a narrow road into a canyon neighborhood above the endless sea of homes in the flat valley below. Appropriately ...

Explosions can inflict multi-system life-threatening injuries to many persons simultaneously. Multiple factors contribute to the injury patterns which result from blasts. Contributing factors include ...