The nation’s top emergency response agency has long been a lifeline for cities and states struggling with disaster. When hurricanes strike, earthquakes rattle, and tornadoes carve paths of destruction ...

The sun is partially obscured by smoke as a firefighting helicopter prepares to make a water drop on the Alisal fire near Goleta in October 2021. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) The nation's top ...

The massive heat dome that struck the Pacific Northwest in 2021 paralyzed the region. Emergency departments were overwhelmed. Roads buckled in the heat. Hundreds of people died. That same year, ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has never responded to deadly or damaging extreme heat. Environmental groups and labor unions are asking for that to change. People rested at the Oregon ...

The massive heat dome that struck the Pacific Northwest in 2021 paralyzed the region. Emergency departments were overwhelmed. Roads buckled in the heat. Hundreds of people died. That same year, ...

This month's horrific flooding in Texas Hill Country, which killed at least 135 people when the Guadalupe River rose to unprecedented heights — at unprecedented speed — is the latest example of ...

Last month, Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica and surrounding islands and broke records for the strongest Atlantic hurricane to hit land. Deadly heatwaves in Europe, floods in Pakistan, and fires in ...

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 ...

(TNS) - As Las Vegas continues to feel the effects of extreme heat, U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada has introduced legislation that would give communities access to more resources and funding by ...