Mississippi's recovery from Hurricane Katrina has led to significant improvements in emergency preparedness and response, with local leaders emphasizing the importance of coordination and ...

"What I found most promising was a sense that no matter what mistakes we made, we've learned from those mistakes, we made ...

Twenty years after one of the nation’s most costly and transformative disasters, visuals from Katrina are seared into collective memories — of a major American city drowning.

A rash of hoax calls about active shooters on college campuses — some featuring gunshots sounding in the background — has ...

No September hurricanes hit Florida five times over the last 10 years but most of those who did hit were powerful storms.

The future of the natural disaster response agency could depend on a 12-member board crafting recommendations for President ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency could look significantly different by next year’s hurricane season, with state and ...

A decade after 2005's Hurricane Katrina, one Mississippi city began offering property tax breaks to encourage building near ...

"We buy homes" companies are procuring disaster-damaged properties for cheap. Survivors say they're taking advantage of tragedy.

Hurricane Katrina forced major changes in how the country responds to disasters. Now, those reforms are in jeopardy.