Federal Emergency Management Agency

Donald Trump claims toll in Puerto Rico's Hurricane Maria inflated to 3,000 as part of ploy to make him 'look bad'

The true human cost of Hurricane Maria, and the chaotic federal response to the storm, triggered a year-long controversy, which Donald Trump revived this week even as another powerful hurricane, Florence, bore down on the East Coast

Hawaii residents brace for landfall by Hurricane Lane; schools, public offices shut, people stock up on food, water

Residents of Hawaii were bracing for a rare landfall by a powerful hurricane as they stocked up on water, food and emergency supplies.

California will take years to fully recover from wildfires destroying 8,900 buildings and killing 42 people, say US officials

It will take at least months and likely years to fully recover from devastating wildfires that ripped through Northern California earlier this month

Hurricane Harvey: At least 60 dead, thousands displaced as authorities begin to count damage

More than 60 people have died or are feared dead in flooding or circumstances connected to Tropical Storm Harvey, according to local officials on Monday

Hurricane Harvey: Death toll rises to 33, flooding triggers fears of chemical explosion near Houston

New proof of the devastation wrought by monster storm Harvey emerged Wednesday as officials believe at least 33 people have been killed in the storm

Hurricane Harvey: Storm leaves trail of destruction in Texas; Donald Trump to visit state on Tuesday

Trump will visit storm-ravaged Texas on Tuesday, as the administration ramps up its response to the most powerful hurricane to hit America in 13 years

Two dead as Hurricane Harvey lashes Texas coastline with torrential rain; 'catastrophic' flooding feared

Tropical storm Harvey lashed central Texas with torrential rains on Sunday, raising fears of "catastrophic" flooding after the megastorm.

Twitter can help gauge damage by natural disasters in real time

By looking at Twitter data, it is possible to determine the damage caused by a natural disaster in just a few hours, say researchers who analysed Twitter activity before, during and after Hurricane Sandy which caused severe damage in the US four years back.

Fourth of NYC could be flood zone by 2050s, says report

By the 2050s, more than 800,000 New York City residents could be living in a flood zone that would cover a quarter of the city's land and New Yorkers could sweat out as many 90-degree (32-Celsius) days as is now normal for Birmingham, Alabama, as effects of global warming take hold, a scientists' group convened by the city says.

Will be there until you completely rebuild, Obama tells Oklahoma

Six days after a ferocious tornado devastated Moore in Oklahoma, US President Barack Obama visited the city's residents, consoling them and promising that the government will be behind them "every step of the way."