Additional layers of review ordered by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, have slowed assistance to ...

When a poor country is hit with a sudden catastrophe — say, an earthquake or a tsunami — the world is quick to send aid. But a slow-moving disaster, the kind that unfolds over weeks or even months, is ...

In Aceh, the Sumatra disaster has also eroded local wisdom, such as the Meugang tradition, which has long served as the ...

A rapidly intensifying Tropical Storm Melissa is churning through the Caribbean, threatening to unleash catastrophic flooding and destructive winds on several island nations, while the US East Coast ...