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TAINAN, Taiwan (Reuters) - Taiwan President Lai Ching-te oversaw on Thursday the first civil defence drills under his newly created social resilience committee simulating how to respond to a ...

The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, in collaboration with community and corporate partners, hosted the first of four large-scale disaster relief distributions at its Regional Headquarters at ...

A new algorithmic framework that can predict flooding could help save lives and reduce the devastation as climate change drives more intense and unpredictable rainfall. Subscribe to our newsletter for ...

The Montgomery Regional Airport conducted a full-scale emergency plan exercise along with local, state and federal emergency response agencies Thursday morning. The Federal Aviation Administration ...

Juliet is your community news reporter covering the South Coast of Santa Barbara County. Betsy Greene was among more than 96 people in stage makeup portraying injured passengers during a full‑scale ...

SHREVEPORT, La. – Shreveport Regional Airport will conduct a full-scale emergency disaster drill simulating an aircraft accident at 9 a.m. on Wednesday. The exercise is a collaboration between the ...

Death toll rises to 604 in Indonesia, 176 in Thailand Recovery underway as weather conditions improve Homes flattened in Indonesia after landslides and floods Thai PM sets target of 7 days for ...

An ad hoc committee conducted a review and assessment of the current state of the field and best practices in assessing and quantifying mortality and significant morbidity following large-scale ...

Taiwan holds civil defence drills under auspices of new committee Senior Western diplomats attend drills in southern Taiwan Taiwan faces Chinese military threats, quakes and typhoons TAINAN, Taiwan, ...