Preparation and Recovery

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (741+ words) Pudlo, whose expertise includes disaster recovery research in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene, will travel to the University of Regina in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, from January through May. His research may help link emergency managers to local resources both…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (178+ words) Storms knock out power for thousands in Oklahoma City, OG&E reports oklahoman.com Storms knock out power for thousands in Oklahoma City, OG&E reports Thursday's rainfall brought some cooler temperatures to Oklahoma City, but the weather wasn't the…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (95+ words) News 9 Power outages reported across the Oklahoma City metro OG&E reports thousands of customers have lost power during late summer storm. OG&E reports that over 3,000 customers in the metropolitan area are without power Thursday morning after storms rolled…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (846+ words) Catastrophe claims are a capacity problem, but not always in the way we think. In 2025, natural catastrophes generated $107 billion in insured losses globally, with wildfires, severe convective storms, floods, and other secondary perils accounting for a record 92% of that total,…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (300+ words) As Jamaica enters a new school year in the midst of the hurricane season, families are facing multiple pressures at once. Hurricanes threaten homes and livelihoods, while ongoing drought, caused by the El-Nino event, and limited access to water disrupt…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (299+ words) When major hurricanes, wildfires and other disasters strike, communities are often left with critical needs for basics, like food and shelter. Red Cross National Disaster Response volunteers are among the first volunteers on the ground to help address these needs…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (93+ words) onfocus.news SPENCER, WI (OnFocus) – Students are currently evacuated from Spencer Schools due to a potential gas leak. The school informed parents: “Out of an abundance of caution we have moved students and staff to the football field due to…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (146+ words) PSO is holding its twice-annual storm exercise at the Tulsa County Fairgrounds, rehearsing the response to a winter weather event. The effort brings together PSO employees from the three service regions in Oklahoma: Tulsa, McAlester and Lawton. “From folks that…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (453+ words) Thousands of heat-related deaths occur annually in the United States, with residents of mobile homes among the most vulnerable, according to investigations by NPR and Boston University revealing deaths five times higher than official records suggest. Arizona, particularly Maricopa County,…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (834+ words) It’s been a rough couple of weeks for some Texas electric cooperatives, with a massive wildfire burning more than 90,000 acres in North Texas and a tropical storm flooding portions of East Texas. “The only thing we’re missing is a pandemic…...