A worker in Thailand clears a road after a major flood. Disasters can threaten the infrastrucutre, investment climate, and human capital that jobs depend on. Photo credit: Adobe Stock At the World ...

The Commonwealth government has announced plans to split state and federal funding for disaster recovery 50/50. Under the current Disaster Recovery Framework Arrangements the split between the ...

Disaster management agencies get orientation in Incident Command System software. The increase in the frequency of disasters and their associated damages in the region is part of a worldwide trend, ...

Pune: Thirty families from flood-prone pockets of Aundh were relocated to a nearby municipal school on Monday as Pune ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

According to the 2024 Nepal Disaster Report, 32,375 disaster incidents occurred between 2018 and 2024. These disasters took ...

Southeast Asia is one of the world’s most natural disaster-prone regions. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific estimates that natural disasters drain the region ...

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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 ...

After one month in office, the Biden administration has fundamentally changed how the federal government responds to the COVID-19 pandemic. In direct contrast to his predecessor, President Joe Biden ...