PERRY COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) - Nearly a year after catastrophic February flooding devastated counties throughout Kentucky, many ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. Long before the winds and the rain and the flooding, there was ...

Amid tragedy and loss, communities can struggle to rebuild themselves after a disaster. But Duke experts say experience shows there is a way. Finding hope will require looking at past disasters and ...

The unfolding crisis in Japan is marked by uncertainty, but seasoned emergency responders have a clear mission: to promote resilience in survivors. Resilience, in this sense, is a metaphor for the ...

Resilience to disasters is not optional — it is essential to public safety, national security, economic prosperity and ...

On February 26, 1852, the HMS Birkenhead struck a cluster of rocks off the coast of South Africa. With only a few lifeboats for the 638 people aboard, Captain Robert Salmond ordered the women and ...

The fire-resistant home Greg Chasen designed, in January 2025. On Jan. 7, architect Greg Chasen rushed to his childhood home in Pacific Palisades, a well-off Los Angeles neighborhood tucked between ...

In an era where urban areas are increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters, a new study published in Engineering offers a comprehensive framework for quantifying urban disaster resilience. The ...

Water more than six feet high flooded the Appalshop main building, including the WMMT community radio station studio, in Whitesburg, Ky., last summer during a flood that devastated Eastern Kentucky.

The wake of Hurricane Andrew in Dade County, Fla., in August 1992. Fifty-four people died in the storm, which caused over $27 billion in damages and led to Florida’s adoption of a statewide building ...

When disaster strikes — a hurricane, an earthquake, a wildfire, a major storm surge — we see the impact: homes lost, critical infrastructure damaged, lives disrupted. What we often don’t see is the ...

South Africa faces a climate crisis as severe flooding devastates communities, reshaping lives and economies. Discover how these climate shocks demand urgent action and a shift towards disaster ...