UNESCO is committed to ensuring that the revised culture methodology reflects this evolving landscape. The updated approach now brings a sharper, sector-by-sector analysis that fully incorporates ...

1. Assume that a disaster can happen. Don't assume that it won't. Survival is 90 percent psychology, so being mentally and emotionally unprepared lowers your survival odds. 2. Try not to panic. You ...

From heat-risk task forces to flood and wildfire planning, states are broadening their approaches to disaster preparedness.

Drawing on lessons from recent blazes, a state commission has released a series of recommendations to protect older adults.

An emergency kit should contain more than just food, water and toilet paper. An expert offers his list of "must haves" you might not think of when customizing your own kit. LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- From ...

Preparedness used to be framed almost entirely around emergencies. It meant having supplies stored away for rare events and ...

SALISBURY — Weeks after Hurricane Sandy, the superstorm that devastated New York state, many there are still struggling for shelter. Such natural disasters, combined with 2012 “doomsday” hype, have ...

You know what they say about an ounce of prevention. Being prepared in case of an emergency, whether it’s a flood, hurricane, earthquake, tornado or [enter disaster-of-choice here], will give you ...

EAST STROUDSBURG – There is a new business in the Poconos that sells what you'll need to survive days without electricity, running water and heat. It's called Survival of the Fittest, and it's all ...

An annual outreach effort to help provide emergency preparedness information about Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP) is now ...

Ever since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami completely levelled Rajaprajanugroh 35 School in Phangnga's Takua Pa district, students and teachers at the school have been preparing themselves for future ...