Haiti Grapples with Devastating Toll from Matthew While the United States continues to reel from Hurricane Matthew, Haiti finds itself at the beginning of a lengthy and…
Hanjin Collapse Inundates Southern California with Containers; Fails to Revive Shipping Rates Hanjin Shipping, the world’s seventh largest container carrier and the largest in South Korea, filed for bankruptcy and receivership in…
LAX Brought to Crawl Following “Active Shooter” False Alarm In an episode eerily reminiscent of the panic that gripped JFK Airport only two weeks before, Los Angeles International Airport…
Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016 In 2014, Congress passed the first Water Resources Reform and Development Act in seven years, with a commitment to pass…
Hoboken Commuter Rail Train Crash On 29 September 2016 at 8:45am, New Jersey Transit (NJT) commuter train No. 1614 traveling from Spring Valley, NY to…
Explosions in New York and New Jersey Lead to Manhunt and Arrest of Suspected Bomber Three devices exploded and five others were discovered over the weekend in a string of apparently connected attacks in New…
GRI Report – The South Carolina Deluge: Lessons from a Watershed Disaster In October 2015, South Carolina experienced record breaking rainfall totals for nearly five straight days. As the rainfall intensified, many…
Earthquake in Italy levels town, raising questions of preventability and preparedness On Wednesday, August 26, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck in the early morning hours, near the village of Amatrice, located…
California Wildfires In California, there are currently four rampant wildfires decimating the West Coast. Since Saturday, August 13, Clayton fire has burned…
Louisiana Floods On Thursday, August 11, severe rainstorms led to intense flooding in Southern Louisiana while residents fled to safety. Despite a…
Delta Airlines Outage At 2:30 AM Monday, August 8, 2016, Delta Airlines grounded flights around the globe after a power outage caused an…
Federal Disaster Declared in West Virginia After Flooding Kills At Least 25 People After a period of heavy rains on Thursday night dumped over nine inches in 24 hours throughout West Virginia, a…
