On September 1, Labor Day, as a member of the Oklahoma Medical Reserve Corps, I spent the day working with about 2,000 Louisianans who had just been bused to Oklahoma City to shelter from Hurricane ...

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 ...

India, Oct. 13 -- As the world marks the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on October 13, India faces a defining moment. Once-isolated natural events have become interconnected, ...

The move by Congress to tackle immigration reform has been in the headlines for the past month. That issue, however, was conspicuous by its absence last Saturday during a public town hall meeting with ...

Federal student loan borrowers affected by the wildfires ripping across Southern California have options if they're worried about paying their bills. The same holds true for other people with ...

Kentucky is experiencing an increase in natural disasters, leading to repeated devastation and growing risks for communities. Following disasters, contaminated water poses a significant and immediate ...