This new partnership includes two grant programs - the IRC and Chase Disaster Relief Fund and the IRC and Chase Innovator Awards - that together will award $4 million in grants to independent ...

If Steve Dunning’s Okie Dokies Smokehouse in Swannanoa appeared on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s flood maps, his ...

Four years after he quit golf to became a mortgage broker, Chapel Hill's Ben Griffin enters the Wyndham with a Ryder Cup spot within reach.

Race Against Time' looks at the effect of the 2005 disaster. Director Traci A. Curry spoke to Newsweek about the importance of the project.

What is causing these devastating flash floods, and what can be done to combat rising, high precipitation levels?

Flooding is nothing new to Hampton Roads. With land subsidence, sea-level rise and stronger storms creating the perfect ...

Events like Katrina exposed a critical dilemma for us: the growing magnitude of climate and weather disasters and the ...

Seeing as Montreat, a conservative religious college that is also located in Buncombe County, Prather told CPP these disparities make it seem as though institutions that are perceived as more ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has proposed cutting nearly $1 billion in grant funding for communities and first responders nationwide to better prepare for disasters and to bolster security ...

While the reasoning behind the move is not clear, the two officials affected led the investigation into whether NOAA’s ...

The term "100-year flood" implies that the event is a rare occurrence; however, dozens of such storms have inundated the ...