President Biden has sent Congress an emergency funding request for roughly $100 billion to help with recovery after natural disasters, including the recent hurricanes Helene and Milton in the ...

As 2026 begins, communities across the United States are entering the year with heightened awareness that natural disasters and economic shocks are no longer episodic. They are accelerating. LiftFund, ...

Journal Editorial Report: What does the fast start tell us about his second term? Photo: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images President Trump on Friday promised to help North Carolina and California rebuild ...

Anuj Tyagi is a seasoned SRE with more than a decade of experience in cloud, AI & cybersecurity. Tech speaker and open-source contributor. In an era of cyberthreats, pandemics and natural disasters, ...

Disaster recovery is not a simple process. It takes months, even years, for communities to distribute aid, rebuild, and begin to move forward. Your landscape and community has likely changed in many ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tony Bradley covers the intersection of tech and entertainment. Organizations today rely heavily on complex, dynamic cloud ...

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 ...

We thought reform was possible. We were wrong. We were brought to Puerto Rico to fix FEMA’s broken disaster recovery processes after Hurricane Maria struck in 2017. Our team of seven Lean Six Sigma ...

Hours after an Atlantic hurricane came for Appalachia, many residents of rolling, tree-lined western Asheville, North Carolina, had nothing to do and nowhere to go. More than 1,000 roads were closed, ...

Nearly a year after Hurricane Helene ripped through Western North Carolina, John Council still keeps an overnight bag packed. The storm flooded roads, knocked out power for more than two weeks, and ...