Natural Disaster

With the first winter storms hitting the state this month, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare says preparing an emergency “go-bag” or “survival kit” is more crucial than ever before.

Google Maps will soon launch a new filter that shows the location of active wildfires. Beyond just mapping fires, it will also provide local emergency information when available.

After a natural disaster strikes, groups like the Red Cross set up in tents or gyms where people affected can go to seek help. But these hubs, called…

A recent report from NOAA’s National Centers for Environment Information shows there were 14 severe weather events across the country last year costing...

Jonathan Katz talks more about his award-winning book, The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster. Mr Katz…

On a hot January afternoon in 2010, reporter Jonathan M. Katz heard a loud rumbling outside his home in the hills above Port-au-Prince, Haiti. At first,…

Lawmakers from Idaho and Oregon say they are renewing efforts to change the way the country pays to fight catastrophic wildfires, arguing that agencies…

Shital Dhakal is a grad student at Boise State, and he's lived in Idaho for the last year-and-a-half. When he heard news of the earthquake in Nepal that…

Since the devastating landslide hit the town of Oso, Wash. last month, people who live near hill slopes or mountainsides have been asking if something…

Ongoing movement of the huge landslide that crashed down on a rural Northwest Washington neighborhood on Saturday is hampering the search for more...