From severe storms to tornadoes, natural disaster statistics reveal that disasters are occurring more frequently and with greater intensity. Over the past five years, the U.S. has experienced an ...

Hurricane Melissa tore off roofs and stripped trees of their leaves, including in many parts of Jamaica hit by Hurricane Beryl a year earlier. Ricardo Makyn/AFP via Getty Images Jamaica was still ...

It’s early to be thinking about disaster preparedness, but many communities are still rebuilding after Milton and Helene in 2024. A nonprofit helped make sure Tampa residents jumpstart their ...

Eight of the 10 costliest natural disasters in U.S. history have been hurricanes, and damage from Hurricane Ian cost nearly ...

Even if we can’t control the weather, we can control our response. In the midst of hurricane season, we wanted to reflect on how, when businesses and nonprofits partner together, they can have ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Farah Nibbs is an assistant professor of Emergency and ...

Headlines have been filled with talk of the catastrophic power of Hurricane Melissa after the Category 5 storm devastated communities across Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti in October 2025. But to see this as ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Farah Nibbs, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (THE CONVERSATION) Headlines ...