Special Report
SLIDESHOW: How community newspapers covered 9/11
The attack of Sept. 11, 2001, was the biggest news story in a generation. Here are the front pages of community newspapers across the country immediately following 9/11.
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Audio: How can we better prepare for tornadoes?
A man check his car on Interstate 35 after a tornado ripped through Moore Monday afternoon.
An NPR broadcast examines the question of how communities can better prepare for tornadoes like the one that struck Moore, Okla. on Monday. The broadcast features commentary from Michael Fitzgerald, who reported a five-part disaster series for the CNHI News Service.
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Photos: Aftermath of massive tornado in Moore
Storm victims were pulled from the rubble and residents began surveying the damage late Monday and early Tuesday in the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, where a powerful tornado destroyed entire neighborhoods and left dozens dead.
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The Big One: Preparing for mid-America earthquake
It’s a bleak scenario. A massive earthquake along the New Madrid fault kills or injures 60,000 people in Tennessee. A quarter of a million people are homeless.
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VIDEO: How sequestration could affect US flood warning system
Oregon and Idaho each had to shut down three water gauges due to automatic budget cuts, known as sequestration. Watch how Idaho relies on these water gauges, from tracking drought conditions to determining stream levels for salmon.
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Warning Signs: Technology speeds disaster alerts, response
Technology has changed the way Americans get ready for disasters and respond to them – with more precise forecasts, personalized weather warnings and more efficient recovery efforts. And it will continue to help us be more prepared.
- VIDEO: High-tech storm prediction center warns residents of tornadoes
- VIDEO: Misconceptions about predicting tornadoes
- VIDEO: Take an inside look at storm prediction center
- When the earth moves under our feet
- When in a tornado, here's what not to do
- Tornado veterans balance preparedness, practicality
- INTERACTIVE: Is your home ready for a disaster?
- VIDEO: Where is the safest place during tornado?
- Money spent beforehand blunts the impact of disasters
- Search the database: Every FEMA-declared disaster since 1953
- 10 costliest disasters in history
- Separating tornado facts from fiction
- Are we prepared? Disasters prove more costly as people move into storm-prone areas
- MAP: What disaster conditions are you at risk for?
- QUIZ: Are you ready? Test your emergency prep knowledge
- Tips for preparing for a natural disaster
- Are we prepared? Disasters prove more costly as people move into storm-prone areas
- MAP: What disaster conditions are you at risk for?
- QUIZ: Are you ready? Test your emergency prep knowledge
- Tips for preparing for a natural disaster
- Weather warnings now issue from your pocket
- Everybody talks about the weather, but it's not easy to predict
- Are the world's great cities ready for rising waters and freak storms?
- High school students not getting enough sleep
- Basic precautions can prevent germ-fest when school begins
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