Project Impact, a short-lived federal initiative that worked to create disaster-resistant communities, showed that teamwork by different government levels and the private and nonprofit sectors can do ...

From floods and forest fires to earthquakes—the frequency and intensity of natural disasters is increasing. This also means ...

Project 2025 outlines changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including reducing the federal government’s share of local disaster relief contributions from 75% to 25%, privatizing flood ...

This Christmas Day marks 21 years since the terrifying Indian Ocean tsunami. As we remember the hundreds of thousands of ...

Building on the progress achieved through previous Bank-financed projects, the Second Disaster Risk Management Development Policy Loan with a Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option (Cat DDO II) project ...

It’s been a tough year for residents of Perry County, Kentucky, and the federal government isn’t making it much easier right now. Raging flood waters ravaged the mountain county of 28,000 last year, ...

A major focus of the project is on restoring livelihoods. CBM India will extend its support to 75 people through training and ...

A stress testing methodology and tool were recently developed to ensure that the economic analyses of World Bank projects properly consider climate and disaster risks. When applied to a transport ...

Disaster risk reduction has been integrated into Lao's socio-economic development plans and supported by legal frameworks, ...