The first steps into a house are important ones. When it comes to assessing flood risk from hurricanes, first-floor elevation can be a key factor. Agencies such as the U.S. Federal Emergency ...

The old cone graphic and the graphic to be used this year are drawn using a set of concentric circles along the forecast ...

Parts of the Caribbean began surveying the extensive damage caused by the deadly Hurricane Melissa, which made landfall in Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 hurricane on Tuesday, Oct. 28. As the ...

The team from Endless Thread remembers back to the Hurricane Katrina disaster and talks with folks who used Google Maps and Google Earth to monitor their homes and neighborhoods, to check on damage ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A family in Cuba salvages belongings from the rubble of their home after it collapsed during Hurricane Melissa's passage through ...