Economic, governmental, environmental, and community interests often end up just as tangled as debris in the wake of a storm. Margie Huggins has spent her retirement tending her parents’ farm in ...

From wildfires to floods, cleanup crews face serious respiratory and skin exposure risks. What lessons can be learned from the Lahaina and California fires and applied to PPE and respiratory ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — We saw communities covered in debris in the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton. One Florida lawmaker is pushing to get neighborhoods back to normal after a disaster.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A group of inmates from the South Dakota Department of Corrections system is helping with the storm clean-up in Hudson. Many crops seem to survive 90 mph wind in Iowa ...

Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief told News 9 on Monday that it is sending several crews to Kerr County, Texas to help homeowners clean up and prepare to move back into their homes. Oklahoma Baptist ...

This story is part of The Disaster Economy, a Grist series exploring the often chaotic, lucrative world of disaster response and recovery. It was produced by Grist, co-published with The Daily Yonder, ...