When Hurricane Milton made landfall in Polk County, Florida last night, a mother and her four children (ranging in ages 4 to 11) became trapped by rapidly rising water in their homes. The mom, Amber ...

The volunteers who take part in search-and-rescue operations and then support disaster survivors belong to organizations that have become more formal and established over the past decade. That’s what ...

In a lot of ways, Malala Yousafzai is not like any other girl in the world. She has survived a gunshot to the head for bravely attending school in Pakistan under Taliban rule, won a Nobel Peace Prize, ...

For many people across the Southeastern United States, their autumn has been off to a catastrophic start. As Floridians pick up the pieces after Hurricane Milton, thousands of people are still ...

Kyle Breen is an Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Social Sciences at Texas A&M International University in Laredo, Texas. He earned his PhD in Sociology from Louisiana State ...

J. Carlee Purdum is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Houston and a faculty affiliate of UH Population Health and the Hurricane Resilience Research Center.

Dr. Susan C. Faircloth (an enrolled member of the Coharie Tribe of North Carolina) formerly served as a tenured full professor in the School of Education at Colorado State University. In 2023, she ...

Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday night as a “dangerous Category 3” storm near Siesta Key, on Florida's central west coast, according to the National Hurricane Center. As of the writing of this ...