One year after devastating wildfires disrupted large swaths of Southern California, the state’s business community is firmly ...

The one-year mark of the wildfires should not serve as a memorial to what was lost, but as a reckoning with what must change.

As the one-year anniversary of the Los Angeles wildfires passes, rebuilding efforts continue to lag despite assurances to the ...

A lawsuit alleging that disaster-recovery workers were put in unsafe, overcrowded conditions during early pandemic cleanup ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a disbursement in the amount of SDR 306.32 million (about US$415 million, 80 percent of quota) for Jamaica under the Rapid ...

Nancy Ward, the head of CalOES, left office on Dec. 30. She had publicly begged FEMA to test for toxic substances after the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) today reintroduced legislation that would ensure ...

Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy shared a photo following his surgery and provided an update on how he’s feeling.

The move by about a dozen senators came as President Donald Trump threatens to reduce the agency’s role in disaster recovery.

Lithium-ion battery incidents—ranging from fires and explosions to toxic emissions—pose growing threats to public safety and ...

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 ...