Wild weather has become more common with climate change, the experts say, and homeowners can prepare for natural disasters by making home inventories – detailed lists of household belongings and their approximate value. Making a home inventory can be easy; …
Catastrophe modeling, advances in mitigation as well as building design changes are just a few of the areas impacted by Hurricane Katrina nearly 10 years ago, according to Rick Miller, U.S. property practice leader at Aon Risk Solutions. Miller spoke …
More than 45 serious natural disasters struck the United States in 2014, ranging from severe storms and flooding to tornadoes, earthquakes, mudslides and wildfires, according to Federal Emergency Management Agency. Two thirds of which occurred between May and December. A …
When record-breaking floodwaters inundated a Florida jail, sending clothes dryers floating and natural gas seeping into the building that was running on generator power, no outside agency had the authority to force county officials to move the 600 men and …
U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan is hosting a congressional field hearing in South Carolina to discuss how states are prepared to deal with disasters. The Greenville News reports a subcommittee of the House Homeland Security Committee meets in Clemson this Friday. …
Ohio officials are hoping to expand a state program intended to boost information-sharing and disaster response through cooperation between the public and private sectors. The Ohio Public Private Partnership, or OP3, was developed last year and now includes nearly 90 …
Terrebonne Parish officials are completing their latest plans for dealing with dangerous situations the area could face. In a 2015 Hazard Mitigation Plan update, a committee focused on levee failure, flooding, hurricanes and tropical storms, saltwater intrusion, tornadoes, subsistence and …
One catastrophic day of weather can lead to improved preparedness, according to new research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham recently published in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. According to the National Weather Service, 62 confirmed …
Tribal officials are gathering this week in Shawnee, Okla., to discuss the best and newest procedures to prepare for disasters. The Inter-Tribal Emergency Management Coalition Summit will be held at the Grand Casino Hotel and Resort Tuesday through Thursday. The …
People must have hurricane plans and be ready to leave if an evacuation is called, officials from across the New Orleans metro area said Friday, two days before the start of hurricane season. “One of the biggest problems we have …