The number of weather-related deaths rose to almost 500 people in 2015. 

Social networks such as Twitter may be used for monitoring, assessing and even predicting damage caused by natural disasters in just a few hours.

A new report highlights the issues facing supply chain executives. 

New York City will be awarded $176 million in federal funding to build a new flood protection system around Lower Manhattan.
 

Hewlett-Packard's third annual State of Security Operations Report 2016 found that security operations center maturity remains well below optimal levels, with 85 percent of assessed organizations falling below recommended maturity levels.

While utility enterprises are taking steps to detect and deter physical security threats, preventing damage and enabling recovery remain significant challenges, according to The State of Physical Grid Security 2015.

Three years after Hurricane Sandy stranded 80,000 public housing tenants, the NYC Housing Authority is "woefully unprepared" for the next disaster.
 

A new report shows which states face the greatest threat from natural disasters.

A new survey by Government Business Council (GBC) and Concur finds that federal employees consider many of these existing processes to be disconnected and inconsistent.