The county is holding a community meeting on April 10 for organizations interested in joining the new group, called Disaster Ready Kane.

In the midst of a record-breaking wildfire season and a highly active hurricane season, it’s more crucial than ever to be ready if disaster hits. Yet nearly half of American adults in 2023 believed ...

On the Peninsula, hundreds of people learned what to do and where to go in the event of an emergency. It was all part of this year's Disaster Preparedness Day in San Mateo. The event comes days after ...

TEN (Transportation Equipment Network), headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, recently introduced TEN Ready, a disaster recovery initiative designed to rapidly deploy trailer equipment to communities and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Having a go bag ready can make a chaotic, terrifying moment a little more manageable. Natural disasters are becoming more common.

Last fall, after Hurricane Helene devastated communities in North Carolina, it swept into southwest Virginia as a tropical storm, continuing its path of destruction. Roads and bridges were torn up.

We are in month 3 of Oregon Ready, following the Eugene Water & Electric Board's Pledge to Prepare to be “2 weeks ready” for disaster situations. We've received several disaster preparedness questions ...

Is your business prepared for an emergency? Do your employees know what to do? How long can your business survive an interruption in services? The City of Federal Way's Emergency Management office ...

Nine-year-old Henry Peterson learned how to pack a wound late Saturday morning. It was fun, he said. He also learned "How to help people if they're hurt or wounded -- if they get shot or something," ...

Less than two months before the official start of hurricane season, the nation’s primary disaster-response agency faces an uncertain future. Employees working across the Federal Emergency Management ...

Thousands of Minnesotans experienced a brief power outage on Monday when a band of thunderstorms swept over the southern half of the state. Near Faribault, a barn and some silos were destroyed, the ...