Florida showed the way decades ago by adopting a single statewide standard, saving lives and billions of dollars and showing ...

For the past 25 years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has helped develop building codes, the construction standards that help houses survive hurricanes, wildfires and earthquakes. Now, ...

Glenn Bell, co-lead investigator at NIST, said detailed analysis and computer simulations “indicate that it is more likely ...

Mayor Ed Gainey has declared a local Disaster Emergency in Pittsburgh following the devastating fire at the Jefferson ...

At least three people were killed and dozens were injured when a building hosting a prayer recital collapsed on Indonesia's ...