Perilous landscape: California's 250-year struggle to prepare for natural disasters
While earthquakes have caused disasters since early California, destruction from wildfires is a modern phenomenon ...
Natural disasters are uprooting Americans' retirement plans
As natural disasters become more severe, older Americans' homes are at risk. But, for many, their house is their biggest ...
Reason on MSN12d
The L.A. Fires Are a Natural Disaster, Not a Policy Disaster
The Golden State has many bad policies in desperate need of reform. It's not obvious they had more than a marginal effect on ...
Head of disaster relief agency FEMA reassures staff after Trump criticism
The acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency wrote to staff reassuring them that the agency's continued ...
U.S. economic losses from natural disasters reached $218 billion in 2024, topping global average
Economic toll from hurricanes and other natural disasters soared in U.S. last year and were above average globally.
Wildfire burn scars could trigger another natural disaster in Southern California
Wildfires can decimate thousands of acres in a matter of hours, laying waste to huge swaths of land and destroying virtually everything in their path. However, when the flames are extinguished and the ...
Intelligencer on MSN9d
GOP Threatens to Play Politics With California Disaster Aid
Republicans say they may make California bend to their policy demands before approving wildfire aid. That would set a ...
How to organize your financial life ahead of natural disasters
If you live in a part of the world at risk for wildfires, floods, blizzards, tornadoes, or earthquakes, there are ways you ...
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Trump Issues Outrageous New Aid Requirement as California Fires Spread
Trump still wants to hold California wildfire disaster aid hostage until the state government capitulates to his personal agenda. Ahead of a planned trip to the state on Friday, a reporter asked the ...