Far from simply a source of unstructured online content, disaster management in the digital age can be supported by careful analysis of online social-media data, suggests a paper published in Natural ...

Intelligent drones and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are rapidly evolving from experimental prototypes into essential ...

As of Jan. 28, the Federal Emergency Management Agency had 18 disaster declaration applications awaiting President Donald ...

T'puram: The state govt issued an order declaring damages caused by tidal flooding as a state-specific disaster, making ...

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (retd), member, NDMA, delivered the opening address, followed by the keynote address by Rajendra ...

FEMA announces $2.2 billion in disaster relief funding as deadly winter storm batters the U.S., leaving hundreds of thousands ...

Forty years on, the Challenger disaster remains a case study in what happens when organizations fail to allow for dissent and ...

President Donald Trump has floated abolishing FEMA, citing the agency’s struggle to deliver timely disaster assistance, and in his second term he’s used executive actions to cut staff and freeze funds ...

Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo), who is running to be the next governor of New Mexico, on Friday sharply criticized Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for withholding more ...

The Trump administration has denied Alaska’s request for full reimbursement for disaster relief efforts immediately following last October’s devastating Western Alaska storms, despite the Dunleavy ...

He disclosed that the government had decided to procure state-of-the-art equipment worth ₹100 crore to enhance preparedness and response capabilities against any kind of disaster.

Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo reviewed a comprehensive roadmap to strengthen the disaster preparedness, response and mitigation ...