Filipinos have improved in disaster preparedness especially in the use of hazard assessment tools but more needs to be done ...

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said Wednesday, Feb. 5, that its personnel conducted a five-day training exchange with ...

THE Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has acknowledged improvements in the level of disaster preparedness among Filipinos but ...

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) completes a flood control project that now protects communities in ...

The Alameda County Local Hazard Map Alameda County’s hazard map shows potential flood zones in the event of a 100-year and ...

CAL FIRE's maps only showed a ring of “very high” red hazard in the wildlands next to Altadena, with the vast majority of the city unmarked. Entire blocks of homes in Altadena were destroyed ...

Wildfire smoke from the Palisades and Eaton fires blankets Los Angeles County. Four wildfires released towering plumes of smoke and soot, some of them seen from Kenneth Hahn State Recreational ...

Locals smashed the wall of a school compound to ease a flash flood in the Philippines. Footage shows two residents using hammers to break through the concrete in Tawi-Tawi on January 27.

But an increasing frequency of exceptionally heavy rain in recent years has led to many cases of unexpectedly severe damage suffered by areas not covered by flood hazard maps. One key problem that ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released its widely anticipated new flood risk maps on Dec. 20 ... event if you’re new to this hazard. You hear of options like home elevations ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released its widely anticipated new flood risk maps on Dec. 20 ... event if you’re new to this hazard. You hear of options like home elevations ...