After a disaster, population mental health generally improves, but an increase in mental health problems often follows, potentially peaking years later, according to a systematic review and ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Kerrville, Texas, Leighton Sterling watches the rushing floodwaters along the Guadalupe River on July 4, 2025. Eric Vryn via ...

both in areas touched by the terrorist attacks and across the country. In New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania, technology companies donated both their products and their expertise to help with ...

Record-breaking floods tore across the United States throughout 2025 at a pace that outstripped every prior year on file, ...

Experts are calling for the integration of mental health into climate-disaster policy in the Caribbean as studies show that PTSD risks increase after hurricanes and displacement ...

When the ground shakes or the waters rise, we see humanity’s true strength. It’s like watching society’s immune system work hard. Some areas become heroes, while others fall into chaos. Hurricane ...

All types of natural disasters — hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires and flash floods — disrupt schools across the U.S. every year. And due to climate change, those severe weather events are becoming ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Lori Hunter, University of Colorado Boulder (THE CONVERSATION) Hurricanes, tornadoes ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Lee Ann Rawlins Williams, University of North Dakota (THE CONVERSATION) The ...