Florida showed the way decades ago by adopting a single statewide standard, saving lives and billions of dollars and showing ...

For the past 25 years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has helped develop building codes, the construction standards that help houses survive hurricanes, wildfires and earthquakes. Now, ...

NOAA kept a database of disasters that exceeded $1 billion in damage since 1980, but the agency halted the project amid funding cuts by the Trump administration.

Glenn Bell, co-lead investigator at NIST, said detailed analysis and computer simulations “indicate that it is more likely ...

At least three people were killed and dozens were injured when a building hosting a prayer recital collapsed on Indonesia's ...

Disaster planning is not all doom and gloom. It is about preparing for unexpected events that can disrupt lives, communities, ...