Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Disabled people are almost twice as likely to be displaced by natural disasters, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. As ...

Jake Cornett, Executive Director and CEO of the advocacy group Disability Rights Oregon, says he will forever be haunted by Ashlyn Maddox’s death during the 2021 Oregon heat wave. The Portland woman, ...

David Whalen leads the Emergency Management Disability Awareness training March 27 at Columbia College. The training connected first responders, other emergency management organizations and people ...

When forecasters projected Hurricane Ida was going to hit New Orleans in August of 2021, Ashley Volion was not sure what she would do. Volion, who works as a policy analyst at Disability Rights ...

After Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in September 2017, emergency response teams rushed to support survivors of the deadliest and costliest storm ever to hit the island. Among them was a team of ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - In a weather disaster-prone area like the panhandle, it is important to always be prepared for an emergency. The Disability Resource Center in Panama City and the Bay ...

Florida Governor Charlie Crist today introduced three new initiatives that will help coordinate services for persons with disabilities and improve hurricane and emergency preparedness for the ...

A three-day program on disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction (DiRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) was held in Shyamnagar Upazila, bringing together government officials, civil society ...

Disabled people are almost twice as likely to be displaced by natural disasters, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. As Reda Rountree and her family packed their bags and prepared to flee ...

As Reda Rountree and her family packed their bags and prepared to flee their Highland Park home on Jan. 7 amid Eaton Fire ...