"Recovery programming is often focused on the first three to six months after a disaster, but people still need help after that time," says Merdjanoff. "They may not realize what they need until their ...

Thirty-two years after Hurricane Iniki made landfall on Kaua’i in 1992, few physical reminders remain of the storm’s destruction, but there are many reminders of the island’s resilience. They include ...

Louisiana is no stranger to disaster recovery. Louisianians by nature are resilient people, as are brave Ukrainians defending their homeland from Russia. In recovering from record setting hurricanes ...

Whatever the final death toll from Katrina, U.S. emergency officials are benefitting from foreign experience in handling the corpses. After December's Indian Ocean tsunami, the dead were retrieved ...

Four years before Category 4 Ian wiped out parts of southwest Florida, the state's Panhandle had its own encounter with an even stronger hurricane, Michael. The Category 5 storm all but destroyed one ...

SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — It’s been nearly one year since Hurricanes Helene and Milton devastated parts of Sarasota County. On Monday, emergency management officials reflected on the recovery and ...