According to FEMA, 40% of small and mid-sized businesses never reopen after a disaster. For those that do, the road back is steep—another 25% close their doors within a year. The longer recovery takes ...

A Toolkit was developed by IOM staff based on the 2015 IOM report Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities After Disasters: Strategies, Opportunities, and Planning for Recovery in order to help ...

This Christmas Day marks 21 years since the terrifying Indian Ocean tsunami. As we remember the hundreds of thousands of lives lost in this tragic event, it is also a moment to reflect on what ...

The billionaire’s $60 million donation to the Center for Disaster Philanthropy counters cuts to federal emergency assistance and diversity programs. By Scott Dance MacKenzie Scott, the billionaire ...

NWEA’s playbook suggests that schools develop a recovery plan and build relationships with community groups before any severe climate event occurs.

Windham Regional Planning Commissioner Chris Campany at the site of a floodplain restored with FEMA funding in West Brattleboro, Vermont. Campany said he sees his role as helping people understand ...

Stronger mitigation and smarter planning won’t eliminate disasters but will make them far less costly for communities and taxpayers alike. When federal policy prioritizes resilience, states and cities ...

Presidents have routinely approved federal assistance after major storms, but state officials worry President Donald Trump ...

PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colo. (KDVR) — After widespread flooding tore through southwest Colorado, Gov. Jared Polis is requesting federal disaster relief. Communities across the area are assessing the damage ...

This Christmas Day marks 21 years since the terrifying Indian Ocean tsunami. As we remember the hundreds of thousands of lives lost in this tragic event, it is also a moment to reflect on what ...