A violent storm damaged HVAC systems and roofs at Haven for Hope and the Salvation Army, leaving the shelters relying on temporary cooling or shuffling families to other parts of the facilities.

Deep in the woods, he built a hand-made shelter so strong and comfortable it felt like luxury far from civilization. Using raw materials from the forest, he turned a simple campsite into a warm refuge ...

A powerful winter storm turns an ordinary shelter-building trip into a real wilderness survival challenge deep in the frozen ...

FEMA is likely to bring less funding for any disaster, warns Public Works Director Chris Sneddon in a report to the Board of ...

Santa Barbara County is no stranger to major flooding, and public agencies are already preparing for a potentially wet winter. The National Weather ...

He has a job. He still can't shower at the shelter. Inside St. Louis's biggest homeless facility, demand still outpaces beds.

SPRINGFIELD – The Forest Park Zoo continues to rebuild a month after a microburst crushed enclosures for wolves, emus and ...

The final days of the summer season are here until the fall equinox on Tuesday, Sept. 22. Days are getting shorter and nights ...

Hurricane warnings have been issued across Kauai and some other small Hawaiian islands as storm Lowell moves north, invoking ...

On Sept. 8, 1900, a hurricane devastated Galveston and Bolivar Peninsula — the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history.

A husband and wife were hospitalized in critical condition after they were possibly struck by lightning while walking on the ...

Wieke De Boer, 47, of Tucson, Arizona, had been enjoying a solo hiking trip and was camping at the Bright Angel Creek ...