This Christmas Day marks 21 years since the terrifying Indian Ocean tsunami. As we remember the hundreds of thousands of ...

When disaster strikes — a hurricane, an earthquake, a wildfire, a major storm surge — we see the impact: homes lost, critical infrastructure damaged, lives disrupted. What we often don’t see is the ...

Integrating local governance with structural engineering solutions is key to developing earthquake-resistant housing in areas ...

Bandara Jayaratne from Beraliya, a village in the Aranayaka region in Sri Lanka, is among the fortunate individuals who ...

This week’s Business of Giving guest is Elizabeth Hausler, CEO of Build Change. The nonprofit works with people in emerging nations to build houses and schools that can withstand a natural disaster.

As the number and ferocity of hurricanes, fires, and other disasters increases, so too does the number of people forced from their homes. Some 3.2 million people were displaced by disasters in 2022, ...

Kentucky is one of the most disaster-prone states, and disaster-stricken communities are finding themselves ill-equipped to finance the aftermath.

In Pakistan, the Sindh Flood Emergency Rehabilitation Project (SFERP) has improved flood protection for 2.3 million people (almost half of whom are women) after the devastating 2022 floods; repaired ...