Nine months after a tornado devastated North City, residents are enduring severe winter weather in homes that remain damaged from the May storm, prompting renewed debate about recovery strategies and ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — Nearly $54 million has been invested in disaster relief programs established to help Iowans ...

A new nationwide study suggests tornadoes top the list of natural disasters Americans fear most, outranking tsunamis, earthquakes, and hurricanes. The survey found that concern over tornadoes isn’t ...

Americans may live with hurricanes on the coasts, blizzards in the North, and wildfires in the West. But one natural disaster still rises above the rest as the nation’s most feared, a new survey finds ...

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A new nationwide survey highlights America's deepest weather fears, and the results show striking gaps between the threats people worry about and how prepared they actually feel to face them. The poll ...

Affected individuals can get help applying for disaster assistance at the Disaster Recovery Center. They can speak to state or federal representatives, receive updates on their FEMA application and ...

TYLERTOWN, Miss. (AP/MISSISSIPPI TODAY/MISSISSIPPI FREE PRESS) — As an ominous storm approached Buddy Anthony's new home, he took shelter in his Ford F-250 pickup parked under a nearby carport.

Discovery Park's Purdue Policy Research Institute will bring together disaster resilience experts and Purdue professors and researchers to host a symposium on "Floods, Tornadoes and Disaster ...

Kentucky state Sen. Robin Webb held up a thick black binder stuffed full of white paper. The binder, which she hefted in the air during a Nov. 21 meeting in Frankfort, contained the many ...