Disaster Response

Google's Bellwether team, which is part of its X innovation hub, is partnering with the National Guard on using AI to quickly map disaster-affected areas to speed response times.

A Montana woman called the "Housewife Prepper" began creating videos on how to survive a doomsday scenarios after the 2023 Chinese spy ballon incident.

Insurance payouts following the Baltimore bridge collapse are expected to run into the billions and could top the $1.5 billion paid out following the Costa Concordia luxury cruise liner disaster.

Economists are predicting an inflation “pinch" for American consumers as efforts are ongoing to clean up the debris of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.

The boxship that collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge and caused a mass casualty event on Tuesday previously crashed into a stone wall at a dock in Antwerp, Belgium.

A small plane landed on the Southern State Parkway in New York’s Long Island after its pilot reported “engine failure," according to the FAA.

Norfolk Southern has announced it will will soon stop paying relocation aid to people who were forced to move out in East Palestine, Ohio, in February following a fiery derailment.

FEMA and the FCC are planning to conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System for radio and TV and the Wireless Emergency Alert system for cell phones on Wednesday.

A passenger plane has landed in a field in Russia’s Novosibirsk region on Tuesday after its pilot feared there may have not been enough fuel to make it to an airport, reports say.

The wildfire that devastated the Maui town of Lahaina is projected to cost $3.5 billion to $7 billion in property damage and lost output, according to an estimate by Moody's Analytics.

OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush addmitted in 2021 to breaking some rules in order to build the ultimately doomed submersible that imploded this week while descending to the Titanic wreckage.

Horizon Maritime executive Sean Leet says the equipment used to locate the missing submersible is among the "finest" and "most capable" in the world.

Norfolk Southern has pledged to change its operating practices after a derailment in East Palestine, Ohio was caused by an overheated bearing on a railcar.

An empty coal train operated by CSX has derailed Wednesday outside of Sandstone, West Virginia, causing fuel to spill into the New River, officials say.

Norfolk Southern, the company that owns the train involved in a toxic derailment disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, reveals why it skipped a town hall meeting there.

East Palestine mother Tracy Hager says her family and neighbors remain concerned about hazardous chemical exposures before evacuating due to the train derailment.

A massive earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, causing the Turkish stock market and an ETF benchmark that includes some of the country's major equities to decline.

Swiss officials said this week they could limit electric vehicle use during potential energy crisis this winter, along with sporting events, concerts, and cryptocurrency mining.

An Amazon tractor-trailer carrying 8,000 pounds of merchandise caught fire on Interstate 15 on Friday, leaving many of the packages unsalvagable, the California Highway Patrol said.