Our opinions are our own. Here is a list of our partners and here's how we make money. Natural disasters, whether massive wildfires, hurricanes or floods, can upend lives in an instant ...

If accurate, this would exceed the inflation-adjusted $201.3 billion cost of Hurricane Katrina, the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. In 2024 alone, there were 27 weather and climate ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Mario Mendoza poses for a portrait as he takes a break while working on repairing a mobile home in Belle ...

“When our world changes so dramatically after a climate disaster, it's natural to feel lost, scared and deeply sad. Society might tell us we're just being anxious or that we should focus on ...

But it’s not. This is because some homes in disaster-prone areas are simply too risky to insure. Imagine a home in a coastal area that floods over and over, for example. If you were an insurer ...

But it's not. This is because some homes in disaster-prone areas are simply too risky to insure. Imagine a home in a coastal area that floods over and over, for example. If you were an insurer ...

For the past two years, I have been studying the effects of natural disasters like this one on rental housing markets. As a professor of real estate, I have analyzed the question from a distance ...

A longtime effort to make tax breaks more generous for victims of natural disasters is finally coming to fruition just as wildfire victims are staring at billions of dollars of devastation around ...

The wildfires were worsened by a perfect storm of conditions, experts said. The fires blazing through Los Angeles County are the latest unprecedented natural disaster likely amplified by our ...

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's newsletter takes an extended look at the Los Angeles–area fires and the alleged link between bad zoning, land use ...

Or even someone who had to leave their neighborhood, not knowing what they may return to? In the aftermath of a natural disaster, it’s normal to want to help your neighbor feel better. But ...

Natural disaster brings a whole other level of challenge to coping with chronic illness. Research consistently reports that “[a]n often unrecognized impact after natural disaster is the ...