Natural Disasters

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, also known as FEMA, is an agency created to respond to disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires and earthquakes. Here’s what you need to know.

California Live’s Jessica Vilchis learns how to best protect yourself and your loved ones from a California earthquake and other natural disasters.

There are an estimated one to two megaquakes a year across the globe, which have the power to completely destroy communities near their epicenter. Here’s what you need to know.

The head of the Homeland Security Department says the agency tasked with responding to disasters across the country is prepared as it goes into what is expected to be an intense hurricane and wildfire season.

From earthquakes to flood and so much more, here’s what to do in the event of an emergency in California.

Temperatures are increasing in Southern California and so is the risk for wildfires. As a result, the Los Angeles Fire Department is warning the public how to prevent and prepare for fires. Camilla Rambaldi reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 20, 2024.

More than 2,000 people are believed to have been buried alive following a landslide May 24, according to the Papua New Guinea government.

The International Organization for Migration has increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea to more than 670. Serhan Aktoprak, the chief of the U.N. migration agency’s mission in the South Pacific island nation, said the revised death toll is based on calculations by Yambali village and Enga provincial officials that more than...