A new study published in The Conversation reveals that hurricanes cost more than just the price of rebuilding. Groups who are displaced face a long road to recovery compounded by health complications.

The effects of natural disasters go well beyond casualties, property damage, and land and infrastructure losses. These events are causing mental health crises that can transform the most powerless ...

SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — Beyond the immediate effect and aftermath, industrial accidents may have a much longer timeline of causing disabilities and cancer, according to a study published this week from ...

Major disasters including tornadoes, extreme flash floods and even a hurricane have disrupted Tennessee schools in recent years. More than a dozen people, including teachers, students and parents, ...

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Understanding the consumption response to natural disasters is important for increasing the resilience of the economy to ...

Worsening disasters have wreaked damage costing hundreds of billions of dollars Reviewed by Eric Estevez Fact checked by Suzanne Kvilhaug Natural disasters are devastating to individuals, businesses, ...

Approximately three dozen Texas laws are scheduled to take effect in the new year, joining others already in effect following the state’s biennial legislative session.