A string of recent natural disasters has increased awareness of the dangers, yet nearly one-third of Americans haven’t taken financial steps to prepare for a natural disaster, and less than one-third ...

Ideally, you’d have weeks or days to prepare for an extreme weather. But the reality is, especially with floods, wildfires, and tornadoes, things change quickly. That’s why it’s critical to plan in ...

When Hurricane Ida hit the East Coast in 2021, there was no one more surprised than Jamie MacKenzie to find her Hastings home—and the rental house they own next door—filling up with several feet of ...

For most folks, the word “prepper” evokes an image of someone who’s got way too much time on their hands at best, and who spends way too much time following conspiracies on the Internet at worst. But ...

The day after President Donald Trump was elected in 2016, Eric Shonkwiler looked at his hiking bag to figure out what supplies he had. “I began to look at that as a resource for escape, should that ...

Every time there’s an earthquake or a natural disaster in Southern California, the news organizations call Dr. Lucy Jones. Dr. Jones is a seismologist and a research associate at the California ...

What if, out of the blue, you were confined to your home because the outside air was unsafe to breathe? Or what if you suddenly needed to escape it because the power went out amid a dangerous winter ...

"Stop Disasters," an online video game developed by the United Nations, teaches young people how to reduce risks linked to ...