Repairs to the Victoria Island levee in San Joaquin County have been completed, the county's office of emergency services ...

Bartholomew County’s Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan says windstorms lead the list of frequent natural disasters experienced in south central Indiana, and fires, including wildfires, are among the other ...

On Sunday, at the Ladies and Men of Unity parade, an immense pillar of our city’s communal infrastructure collapsed, when Pableaux fell to the ground. Efforts at the scene and later at the hospital ...

Pontchartrain Park was dedicated 70 years ago as one of the first suburban-style neighborhoods developed for African-American ...

The auction of a disputed private island in the San Francisco Bay descended into chaos as the former owner was arrested ...

Roads, bridges and dams are designed to keep people safe, and they’re often put to the test during disasters. A Virginia Tech ...

Flood insurance is a tenet of life in water-burdened Louisiana. The low-lying portions of the state face rising water from ...

Former owner John Sweeney was arrested after auction sale of marshy Point Buckler Island in front of Solano County courthouse.

Fires, explosions, building or bridge collapses, transportation crashes, dam or levee failures, nuclear reactor accidents, and breaks in water, gas, or sewer lines are other examples of ...

Here’s the problem with forecasts: some of them are right, and some of them are wrong, and by the time we find out which is which, it’s too late. This leads to what we might call the forecasting ...