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 ...

RIO RANCHO, N.M. – Days after a burst water main in Rio Rancho left hundreds of homes without water for the weekend, nearby residents are still cleaning up significant damage. Phillip Sedillo’s home ...

Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast on the morning of August 29, 2005, devastating the Mississippi coast and flooding New Orleans. It became one of the worst natural disasters in U.S.

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.

The massive Eastern WA tire mess is a disaster waiting to happen.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn — Phillips Incorporated is a company that works on projects from airport construction to natural disaster clean-up. For over 40 years, the company has been a part of clean-up after ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...