Rushing to help flood victims in eastern Kentucky, volunteers turned Boone County's Smokin' This and That BBQ restaurant into ...

As of Feb. 11, FEMA reported that $372.2 million had been distributed to 154,577 families in the state to assist with ...

As the City of Clarksville continues their process of draining flood water throughout city limits, an effort to have a ...

Karen Bass says 1,000 firefighters could have been on duty the morning the fires broke out but “were instead sent home on Chief Kristin Crowley’s watch.” ...

You do not want to get in the way of recovery efforts or be a burden on the infrastructure, but some communities that have been hit hard by natural disasters, like Lahaina in Maui, depend on tourism.

New data from Zillow highlights seven Midwest cities with the lowest climate risks—offering homebuyers some potentially safer and more affordable options.

Next City examines how spending on affordable housing development and infrastructure improvements can help prevent renters ...

To help people nationwide, her group created the Trans Disaster Relief Fund. It provides grants of up to about $1,000 for housing or other pressing needs. As climate disasters grow more common, ...

A reported 84% staffing cut within HUD's office of community planning and development, could delay delivery of $1.4 billion ...

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Severe weather and other natural disasters can impact nearly every community in the U.S., and when someone’s home suffers ...