This story is part of The Disaster Economy, a Grist series exploring the often chaotic, lucrative world of disaster response and recovery. It is published with support from the CO2 Foundation. When a ...

The Alphabet Streets neighborhood in Pacific Palisades on Jan. 28, after the Palisades fire. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) Three people have been arrested and charged with fraudulently trying to ...

An AI analysis of Google Street View images across 16 states shows that damaged buildings in poorer communities often remain ...

Hurricane Ian caused widespread damage in Florida in 2022, estimated at over $112 billion. This scene was once a shopping center. Giorgio Veira/AFP via Getty Images Imagine a world in which a ...

Disasters don’t end when the smoke clears. The heroic efforts of firefighters, emergency medical technicians and other first responders preserve life and limb, but it often takes a wave of second ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollowed-out homes. Cars entombed by mud. Unpeopled roads. Belongings reduced to dirt and debris. It all took a toll on Taylor Schenker. After Hurricane Helene last September, ...

Taylor Schenker has collected more than 500 photos and returned at least 70 to residents of Asheville, N.C., after Hurricane Helene. Taylor Schenker via AP LOS ANGELES — Hollowed-out homes. Cars ...

Manmade or technological disasters are unpredictable, can spread across geographical boundaries, may be unpreventable, and may have limited physical damage but long-term effects. Some disasters in ...

Three people have been arrested and charged with fraudulently trying to obtain tens of thousands of dollars in federal disaster-relief money by falsely claiming their properties were destroyed in the ...