With warm climates and areas suffering from drought, California is seeing an increase in residents suffering from valley fever, according to the Associated Press.

New York City officials are preparing for the possibility of biological or chemical warfare by releasing harmless gases into the city’s streets and subway systems to see how the material would travel.

LivingSocial, the popular e-commerce website, announced last week that the personal data of more than 50 million consumers was compromised.

Since the beginning of 2013, state fire crews have responded to more than 680 wildfires, which is 200 more than average for the period.

With technology evolving at an increasingly fast pace, it is even easier for employees to work remotely, which could be a good option for a business continuity plan.

Monrovia, California evacuated nearly 200 residents over the weekend, due to a brush fire that burned over 100 acres.

Kivalina is a coastal community that has been affected by shoreline erosion and severe storms and state officials are working toward creating better town evacuation routes.

The United States’ Pentagon recently had a computer server failure last week, which resulted in a large set of documents to be lost.

When strong storm systems like this occur, it is beneficial for towns and cities of all sizes when they have a current continuity of operations plan.

A report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) challenged a 30-year-old fundamental of emergency planning around American nuclear power plants.