One year ago, on Jan. 22, a historic rainstorm hit the San Diego region, bringing 2.73 inches of rain in a 24-hour period, making it the highest level of precipitation since 1850.

Source: Photo by Elaine Miller-Karas (2025) Used with permission. Disasters have plagued communities worldwide. The widespread destruction from the recent Southern California wildfires has been ...

State and federal governments jointly declared a natural disaster after days of extreme weather wrought havoc on the Hunter region and plunged hundreds of thousands of homes into days of darkness.

I think this will be a huge help to a lot of high-income earners,' one tax expert says A longtime effort to make tax breaks more generous for victims of natural disasters is finally coming to ...

Criswell, the outgoing FEMA administrator, sits for an exit interview with ABC. Whether it is a hurricane, major tornado, wildfire or anything in between, disasters "don't discriminate" in where ...

Earlier, the state and federal governments to declared a natural disaster in three northern areas amid the severe storms. Wind gusts of up to 100km/h throughout the week left more than 100,000 ...

Thousands of households will endure a fourth night without power and communities are on the brink of isolation as a week of wild weather is declared a natural disaster.

emphasising its role in exacerbating disasters and their consequences. UNDRR's report. The devastating flood in Wayanad was also among 219 significant weather events and was selected based on criteria ...

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There’s a truism in municipal debt: Bonds rarely move on natural disasters. That long-tested concept had held up until fires destroyed thousands of properties in Los Angeles last week.