Crane-equipped service trucks can be extremely useful in post-disaster cleanup operations. When disaster strikes, recovery efforts become a massive, coordinated effort. It’s an all-hands-on-deck ...

No matter where you live, you are not immune from disasters. Floridians and Gulf Coast residents frequently deal with hurricanes, Californians with wildfires, Oklahomans with tornadoes and Minnesotans ...

The Messy Business of Disaster Clean-Up This story is part of The Disaster Economy, a Grist series exploring the often chaotic, lucrative world of disaster response and recovery. It was produced by ...