This story is part of The Disaster Economy, a Grist series exploring the often chaotic, lucrative world of disaster response and recovery. It is published with support from the CO2 Foundation. Every ...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper are asking President Trump to reverse a decision, saying the president denied disaster declaration requests for major wildfires ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — President Donald Trump has granted Kansas Governor Laura Kelly’s request for a major presidential disaster declaration for public assistance. The assistance is for damage to public ...

Gov. Phil Scott and state Housing and Community Development officials on Wednesday announced nearly $49 million in federal grants to pay for more than two dozen projects across the state that will ...

The key reason: most enterprises rely on pretty much the same disaster recovery plan they’ve used for years — even though their environment has changed dramatically, thanks to SaaS, cloud, and AI. One ...

When Hurricane Melissa made landfall on Jamaica’s southern coast, the storm did more than tear off roofs and flood major corridors; it exposed the deep vulnerabilities within the nation’s critical ...

GOLDSBORO, N.C. (WITN) - State Auditor Dave Boliek revealed his office’s independent assessment of the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency. The audit details systemic failures in the ...

Transportation systems face growing risks from extreme heat, which can damage assets, disrupt services, and endanger users and workers. A new report funded by the Global Facility for Disaster ...

The scope of the historic disaster that is the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa is just starting to come into focus, a week after the record-setting storm made landfall and carved a path of immense ...

One month after historic flooding, cleanup continues in Globe as city leaders push for federal aid, having submitted a FEMA disaster declaration on Oct. 24, while fighting to secure resources for the ...

(TNS) — About half of the United States’ $1.2 trillion outdoor recreation economy is at risk from wildfire and flooding, Megan Lawson, an economist at Headwaters Economics, told a gathering in ...