In 2024 alone, Florida faced significant damages from hurricanes Helene and Milton, underscoring the urgent need to shift from reactive disaster response to proactive disaster risk reduction (DRR).

Florida must invest in disaster risk reduction. As extreme events accelerate the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, Florida’s exposure to hurricanes, rising sea levels and ...

Though construction and development have diminished the Everglades to half their original size, South Florida is still ...

Hurricane Helene lasted only a few days in September 2024, but it altered the landscape of the Southeastern U.S. in ways that will affect the hazards residents face far into the future.

Under House Bill 5013, the state’s backing for hurricane-related reinsurance took a major cut. The law lowers the cumulative ...

Twenty-eight new media outlets strengthened their capacities in hazard, vulnerability and risk communication, thanks to a ...

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President Donald Trump said his team will move forward with winding down much of the Federal Emergency Management Agency — but not until after a hurricane season that some projections show could ...

FEMA said in a statement that it is “fully activated for Hurricane Season” as it transforms from a “bloated, [Washington, D.C.]-centric dead weight to a lean, deployable disaster force that ...

The Department of Emergency Management (DEM) is placing greater focus on inclusive outreach to communities, focusing on the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, (JIS) – Jamaica will benefit from up to US$500,000 in grant support to strengthen disaster resilience and recovery under a new Disaster Risk Reduction Programme for the Caribbean.