Political leaders can rise or fall with disasters. Former Vice President Kamala Harris took a wise step toward potentially ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” Saturday that the Los Angeles-area wildfires will be one of the ...

From earthquakes and eruptions to fire and floods, the continent's deadliest natural disasters have killed hundreds of thousands of people at a time. Some of them even changed the course of history.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) exclusively speaks with NBC News Correspondent Jacob Soboroff as wind-fed wildfires sweep ...

Blazes have left at least 16 dead as questions asked about the lack of water supply for firefighters tackling monster blazes ...

Typhoon Yagi has been identified as the natural disaster with the highest death toll in 2024, according to Munich RE, a leading ...

If accurate, this would exceed the inflation-adjusted $201.3 billion cost of Hurricane Katrina, the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. In 2024 alone, there were 27 weather and climate ...

At least 25 people have been killed and more than 40,000 acres burned as the wildfires race through southern California for a ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Sunday he thinks the Los Angeles County wildfires will be the worst natural disaster in U.S. history “in terms of just the costs associated with it, in terms of ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom described the recent Los Angeles wildfires as potentially one of the worst natural disasters ...