It's not just your imagination. The average Atlantic hurricane season is busier than it used to be. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the average hurricane ...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Elsa strengthened into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season on Friday as it battered the eastern Caribbean, where officials closed schools, businesses and airports under the ...

This story is part of The Disaster Economy, a Grist series exploring the often chaotic, lucrative world of disaster response ...

A paper authored by University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) graduate student Zeb Leffler has been published in the ...