ODAKA, Japan >> Every year when winter finally loosens its grip on northern Japan, Tomoko Kobayashi begins what has become an annual rite for her and a small band of collaborators. They head out with ...

Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of lives upended by the 2011 meltdowns in Fukushima. Audio produced by ...

If the bill becomes law, a district with declining erollment before a disaster and even more student exits afterwards would get the same level of per pupil funding for the next academic year.

Past experience with a disaster evacuation also has an impact. Rapid population growth in recent years in the wildland-urban interface – areas where human development meets wildfire-prone areas ...

Radiation from the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 still threatens the small village of Tsushima.Credit... Supported by By Martin Fackler Photographs and Video by Noriko Hayashi Reporting from ...

Past experience with a disaster evacuation also has an impact. Rapid population growth in recent years in the wildland-urban interface—areas where human development meets wildfire-prone areas ...

Mandatory evacuation orders were issued for the following zones, according to CAL FIRE: CAS-BITTERCANYON CAS-CASTAICLAKE CAS-CHARLIECANYON LAC-E008 LAC-E016. Evacuation warnings were issued for ...

US President Donald Trump on Friday floated shuttering the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during a trip to disaster areas in North Carolina and California, where he pledged government ...

SWANNANOA, United States — US President Donald Trump visited disaster zones in North Carolina and California on Friday, using his first trip since his return to office to turn emergency aid into ...

President Donald Trump surveyed disaster zones in California and North Carolina on Friday and said he was considering “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency, offering the ...