Tornadoes are officially the scariest natural disaster, according to new research. A survey of 2,500 Americans split evenly by U.S. region found that regardless of where they live, the threat of a ...

Over the last several decades, various types of natural disasters have wreaked havoc around the U.S., but which cataclysms have cost the most? The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) ...

As raging wildfires continue to torment Southern California, estimates of the total economic loss have ballooned to more than $250 billion, making it one of the most costly natural disasters in U.S.

POTTSVILLE — At 2 a.m. on June 15, 1926, several cars stopped in front of the rectory at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Mahanoy Plane. Exiting the cars, several men placed containers on the rectory ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Members of the Green Bay Metro Fire Department are preparing to respond to requests for help. They’re holding training for urban search and rescue, something that happens ...

For Altadena resident Chien Yu, an 18-year firefighting veteran, battling the blazes that hit the Los Angeles area last month turned personal when he lost his home and watched his own community burn.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday its well-known “billion-dollar weather and climate disasters” database “will be retired,” a move that will make it next to ...

The first warning of impending disaster some Texas Hill Country residents received came in the form of rushing water, strange noises from passing debris and the screams of victims swept down a raging ...

For most of her adult life, Erika Tello, a 21-year U.S. Navy veteran, has been a firefighter at bases around the world — including her last post as an emergency management supervisor in Bahrain — and ...

A plan to implement multilingual alerts during natural disasters was put on hold only five months after the deadly fires in Los Angeles California Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán is urging the Federal ...

Last January, a series of massive wildfires broke out across the Los Angeles area, fueled by high winds and dry temperatures. The fires raged for weeks, incinerating entire neighborhoods in the ...