Even if a person has been missing for years, he or she is not presumed dead in the state. Alena’s Law, named after a ...

The Trump administration is actively undermining our nation's ability to predict, plan, prepare for, and respond to extreme ...

From tornadoes and floods to wildfires and cyclones, the toll on human life and property has been severe, with regions around ...

“It was kind of like death by 1,000 paper cuts,” said Victor ... Tornado outbreaks were among the nation’s costliest weather and climate disasters this year. As of Nov. 1, NOAA had tallied ...

NC legislation that would make it easier for families to declare missing loved ones deceased after a natural disaster passed ...

Experts say these reasons are the same ones that led to death in past disasters, and the country's failure to identify systemic issues means they will be repeated again in the future. We search ...

Natural disasters, such as the 1906 San Francisco earthquake ... Booth escaped the theater after the assassination, but was shot to death 11 days later when the 16th New York Cavalry attempted to ...

The deaths occurred after local health services were forced ... Over a third of South Sudan's roughly 12 million people have been displaced by either conflict or natural disaster, and the United ...

Residents in Mandalay, Myanmar's second-largest city, speak of despair and sleepless nights since last week's earthquake.

Alena’s Law would create an exemption from the seven-year requirement when a person has likely died in an area hit by a ...