Investing in pre-disaster mitigation can save taxpayers billions of dollars by reducing the cost of recovery from natural ...

Source: Kaite Cherry, photo courtesy of James A. Harvey, used with permission Though the COVID-19 pandemic has been called "unprecedented," disasters have been occurring across the globe for all human ...

For example, natural disasters cannot be prevented. In assessing disasters, one of the most important and first parts is risk analysis, with understanding the types of hazards that exist being an ...

Tax advisors are already working hard to determine how the IRS disaster relief announcements and Internal Revenue Code will impact disaster victims, and those who reside in disaster areas. While the ...

Alina Engelman ([email protected]), California State University, East Bay, Hayward, California. Leyla Craig, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Alastair Iles, University of California Berkeley, ...

(MCT) — The drone buzzed over the rows of people watching from the ground, their necks craning to keep sight of the machine, no bigger than a brick and less than a pound. A screen at the front of the ...

Doing things on a regional basis is incredibly difficult. Individual jurisdictions "generally" are just taking care of themselves and don't give a hoot about what is happening next door in another ...

Instead of focusing primarily on riding the wave of economic uncertainty to a more stable time, a solution lies in accepting uncertainty and building the best possible business continuity plan to help ...

Climate change exacerbates the severity of natural disasters, which disproportionately affect vulnerable populations. Mitigating disasters’ health consequences is critical to promoting health equity, ...

Floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, and wildfires can all bring destruction to your home, and your standard homeowner's insurance policy is a safeguard to protect your home in these events or situations.