A 2021 hurricane opened a massive sinkhole next to the golf course that annually hosts the PGA Tour Travelers Championship tournament.

A Montgomery County woman was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for defrauding the government of more than $1.5 ...

We’ve learned a lot,” said State Rep. Jerome “Zee” Zeringue, R-Houma, who chairs a House panel on disaster recovery. “We ...

Pregnant women are a vulnerable population after disaster. Their health may be improved through community-based support programs in addition to their standard prenatal care. We conducted a prenatal ...

In the most visible sign of progress in replacing the Mandeville fishing pier destroyed by Hurricane Ida more than four years ago, the pier has now been demolished and nearly removed from its site ...

“Dropsondes are small cylindrical devices that are used by organizations like NOAA to collect valuable information during extreme weather events like hurricanes or atmospheric rivers," an NSF NCAR ...

Hurricane Melissa set a new world record for the highest wind gust ever recorded at 252 mph. The storm made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane, killing at least 90 people. Melissa's path ...

This story is part of The Disaster Economy, a Grist series exploring the often chaotic, lucrative world of disaster response and recovery. It was produced by Grist and co-published with Verite News, ...

So far this year, we’ve had 13 named storms in the Atlantic, with 5 hurricanes and 4 major hurricanes (Category 3+). Ida (November 4-14, 2009) made landfall as a Category 1 storm on the east coast of ...

Hurricane Melissa's reign of terror over the Caribbean appears to be coming to an end. The National Hurricane Center said in its 5 a.m. ET advisory on Oct. 31 Melissa ...

THERE COULD BE MORE LANDFALLS. WELL, IT IS CERTAINLY A POSSIBILITY AS THE TRACK CONTINUES TO ADJUST. BUT RIGHT NOW, THAT FORECASTED TRACK IS SUPPOSED TO BE WEST OF BERMUDA, SO NOT ANOTHER LANDFALL, ...

More aerial views of damage across Jamaica from Hurricane Melissa Local 10 got a closer look from aerial views of the destruction in Jamaica caused by Hurricane Melissa. Videos continued to surface on ...