A bill introduced before the start of the legislative session would help the state pay for action to address expensive and sometimes deadly events like landslides and floods, the sponsor says.

Major disasters including tornadoes, extreme flash floods and even a hurricane have disrupted Tennessee schools in recent years. More than a dozen people, including teachers, students and parents, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A fish camp in the Nome area, seen on Sept. 24, 2022, shows damages wreaked by the remnants of Typhoon Merbok. The day before, ...