One was built of straw. One of sticks. Another of brick. Then the wind blew in. Unlike the big, bad wolf, Mother Nature has plenty of other destructive calamities up her sleeves: hurricanes, tornadoes, windstorms, fires, earthquakes, hailstorms and winter storms. And just like those three little pigs, how we...

If you have visited a beach community, you probably have seen houses built atop pillars as you move closer to the shore. These pillars are one of the most easily observed forms of disaster mitigation, designed to support the home by allowing the ocean to simply pass underneath during major...

Congress's failure to act on farm bill hurts drought-stricken farmers