Traditional disasters with an acute phase and a relatively finite timeline for the immediate response are becoming a thing of the past. Emergency management and public health must now, instead, pivot ...

On the second weekend after Hurricane Helene, Swannanoa Christian Church held its first Sunday service since the storm battered western North Carolina. The sanctuary was piled high with clothes, water ...

How can we be expected to lead our communities through complex disasters when we are structurally set up to fail? If we truly believe that emergency management is a critical function of national ...

Traverse Analytics helps Indigenous communities, fire departments, municipalities, and corporations understand complex extreme weather event data through their digital literacy platform. Their team ...

Communities in the Gulf of Mexico are all too familiar with the whims of nature and power of the sea. This year’s hurricane season brought power outages, heavy rain, downed trees, property damage, and ...

MONTANA, Bulgaria -- NATO’s Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre and the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior wrapped up Exercise Bulgaria 2025 here Sept. 12. The exercise was one of the ...

Breast Cancer Germline Genetic Counseling and Testing for Populations of African Heritage Globally: A Scoping Review on Research, Practice, and Bioethical Considerations There is an urgent need to ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the way the disaster management sector prepares for and manages disasters. The past two years have demonstrated the need for far more strategic analysis, preparation ...

When the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s urban search and rescue team resigned after the deadly July 4, 2025, Texas floods, he told colleagues he was frustrated with bureaucratic ...

Climate change is fueling more natural disasters leaving behind debris that can pose health risks. Disaster debris takes up landfill space that is already at a premium in many places. Rural areas are ...

The Trump administration’s cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency are putting the country at risk of being unprepared to respond to massive natural disasters this year, Congress’ watchdog ...