Psychologists and disaster experts say natural disasters, such as the floods in Texas, can take a heavy mental health toll.

The stunning flood that killed more than two dozen campers and counselors along a river at Camp Mystic in the Texas Hill ...

Aug. 7 (UPI) --A study at the University of Michigan has found that hospital admissions for older adults increase significantly in the weeks after a natural disaster.Researchers found that in the ...

On 29 October, the unthinkable happened to thousands of people in the province of Valencia—in a matter of minutes, they went from going about their daily lives to being submerged or swept away ...

RUIDOSO, N.M. (AP) — The mountain village of Ruidoso returned to the grim rituals of rebuilding after flash flooding and a ...

The scale of the disaster is still unfolding and affected communities will be recovering for some time to come. One question worth asking is: how ready are our hospitals to cope when disaster strikes?