New Delhi: Prompt psychological first aid needs to be provided to victims of natural calamities to minimise the impact of trauma, and people may also be trained to provide such first aid apart from ...

Kymberlie and Robert Watson stand outside a damaged work shed on their property in Cave City, Ark. The March tornado that ripped through the city incurred $60,000 in damages to their home. Credit: ...

Federal disaster aid is nearly everywhere. About 94% of Americans live in a county that has gotten Federal Emergency Management Agency help for disasters since 2011. But disaster aid — for decades a ...

A power line pole lies splintered in the middle of a road in front of a house in Lake Stevens, Wash., after a November 2024 “bomb cyclone” storm that caused widespread damage in the state. The Federal ...

Shannan Cooke, Bartholomew County Emergency Management director, and Stephen Clark, public affairs specialist for the US. Small Business Administration, talk about the Disaster Loan Outreach Center at ...

U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.) reintroduced the FEMA for America First Act on Thursday, a legislative effort aimed ...

MT. ST. HELENS, Wash — For many people who lived through the 1980 eruption of Mount Saint Helens, it is the biggest news story of their lifetimes. 45 years ago, the mountain that had been rumbling for ...

The previously undisclosed review could block assistance to millions of undocumented people and deter legal immigrants from seeking help in extreme weather. The Trump administration is reviewing “all ...

CAVE CITY -- When a tornado tore through Cave City in March, retiree Debra Lindsey was in her trailer home with her husband. "I didn't even know there was a tornado on the ground until the sirens went ...

A Chauvin house lies in ruins after Hurricane Ida in August 2021. (Rachel Mipro/Louisiana Illuminator) ISSAQUAH, Wash. — In the wake of recent natural disasters, state leaders across the country are ...