Catastrophe & Restoration

Suspects of the two terror attacks in Paris were killed in twin police raids today, ending three days of intense drama in what was the deadliest such assault in the country in half a century.

After a year-long effort and multiple setbacks, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act program has passed both chambers

After a year-long effort and multiple setbacks, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act program has passed both chambers

In todays incident, an unarmed policewoman was killed and a traffic agent was injured after an assailant shot them with a pistol and an automatic weapon. The attacker remains at large.

Here are the most significant hurricanes, floods, hailstorms, tornadoes, wildfires, sinkholes and earthquakes of the past year.

France was put on the highest terrorist alert after one of the countrys deadliest attacks since World War II killed at least 12 people in shootings at the office of satirical weekly 'Charlie Hebdo' in eastern Paris.

Three crashes which have yet to be fully explained, involving the most modern airliners in the safest phase of flight, made last year the deadliest for air travel in almost a decade.

The federal government overpaid upward of $177.2 million for disaster recovery in Florida in 2004 and 2005, says a new report from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General.