Natural disasters

Reclassifying blazes as natural disasters would help fund strapped Forest Service.

How do you move forward? How does it affect the way you look at things?

Changing climates put pressure on local government to boost financial resilience.

One year later, lower-income residents have been slow to return to Lyons, Colorado.

On the 20th anniversary of the Northridge earthquake, which population centers should be worried?

Between 2011 and 2012, giving to international aid went up by more than 2 percent.

People around the world want to help the Philippines. But what’s the best way to donate after disaster strikes?

The Philippines is reeling and thousands are presumed dead after a massive typhoon hit over the weekend. While relief efforts are underway, they may be undercut by the 7.2 earthquake that hit the Philippines last month.

A group called Rockaway Help brings together engineers and residents to hack storm recovery and protection in the New York region.

Disasters, it is said, are great equalizers, striking rich and poor alike. But do bonds forged in crisis survive recovery?