People of color in the US face heightened risks of harm from climate-induced disasters. Now, non-profits are pushing to remedy that disparity with more equitable approaches to disaster preparedness, ...
Hurricanes and wildfires affected millions of people in the U.S. and its territories in 2017 and 2018, and the U.S. government provided approximately $39 billion in grants to help with recovery ...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Disaster Recovery Coalition of America (DRCA) have signed a groundbreaking Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia is in need of long-term disaster case managers. Catholic Charities of West Virginia ...
Prepare, mitigate, respond, recover. It’s a cycle I have been through thousands of times. Navigating hundreds of disasters and crises ranging from small to seemingly impossible is all part of the job ...
The anticipated layoffs would affect FEMA's Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employees (CORE) who support disaster recovery ...
Last year, the US was slammed by a record 28 disasters related to weather and climate that inflicted damage exceeding $1 billion. There have already been 11 billion-dollar disasters in the country ...
Rep. Doug LaMalfa’s (R-Richvale) office announced on Wednesday approval of $4,106,321 in federal grants for critical disaster recovery and preparedness projects totaling, with Butte County to receive ...
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA (KPLC) - Louisiana is set to receive nearly $195 million in federal funding from FEMA and the FAA, with much of that funding earmarked for Southwest Louisiana. In total, our area ...
Plan for the worst and hope for the best: We’ve all heard it at some point or another. But what can you do when the worst is something you can’t plan for? Power outages, unpredictable weather and the ...
ABINGDON, Va. (WJHL) — The United Way of Southwest Virginia received a $150,397 disaster recovery grant from the Appalachian Helene Fund, the organization announced Monday. “We are deeply grateful for ...
Turn to disaster recovery as a service. Amid a backdrop of increasingly complex business operations and data management, South African small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) confront the challenge ...