PICKENS COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – Pickens County has a new program to help first responders and volunteers be proactive instead of reactive when disaster strikes. Disasters, such as Hurricane Helene and ...

A National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) pilot program will utilize citizen science to help expedite hurricane disaster recovery. The space agency -- along with the Globe Program, a ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — When Hurricane Helene struck North Carolina in late 2024, aircrews from 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment, Connecticut Army National Guard, were among the first to respond.

NATURAL DISASTERS IN THE FUTURE. ACTION NEWS EIGHT REPORTER JOYCE KIM HAS MORE. ### PAJARO'S BEEN HIT BY TWO DEVASTATING FLOODS IN JUST OVER A YEAR. NOW, TWO DOZEN PEOPLE WHO LIVED THROUGH THAT ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Rochester community celebrated the first graduating class of the Deaf Community Emergency Responder Training Program, or CERT. This program provided crucial training for the deaf ...

WASHINGTON – The homeland security secretary on Wednesday called the nation’s emergency disaster response agency a “bloated bureaucracy” as deadly floodwaters surged through the Texas hill country.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The American Red Cross rolled out a new volunteer training program designed to quickly mobilize neighbors to help neighbors during disasters, a response to the overwhelming need ...

The textile mills that once served as the backbone of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, have long been shuttered, and officials believed federal money would be key to the town’s overdue revitalization.

North Mississippi senators pleaded for an improved disaster response from the state Thursday as thousands of their constituents still lacked power nearly three weeks after the January winter storm.