The intrinsic value of mangroves and their related coastal ecosystems is getting more recognition than ever before, while ...

The smallest country in Central America geographically, El Salvador has the fourth largest economy in the region. With the global recession, real GDP contracted in 2009 and economic growth has ...

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 ...

The wildfires currently ravaging Southern California, and their tragic consequences, are reminders of just how exposed we are to natural disasters. If you’ve been affected by these fires ...

That means disaster risk will grow, even if the world does succeed in limiting the greenhouse gas emissions that drive the changing climate. Here’s the thing—a natural hazard, such as a flood or ...

Officials who voted for the law argue that government control is designed to prevent private industry from taking advantage of El Salvador’s natural ... generate disasters in the medium and ...

El Salvador, and Sudan. The decision, announced on Friday, Jan. 10, shields these individuals from deportation and allows them to work legally in the US for the first 18 months of the incoming Trump ...

The status, which is available to people whose home country has experienced a natural disaster, armed conflict or other extraordinary event, now covers more than 1 million people from 17 nations.

President Joe Biden extended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for immigrants from Venezuela, El Salvador ... such as conflict or natural disasters, to remain in the U.S. temporarily.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Department of Homeland Security says more than 200,000 Salvadorans who have lived more than two decades ...