World Central Kitchen, which provides meals in areas hit by natural disasters, has been distributing food in the Carolinas, Florida and the Bahamas since Hurricane Dorian hit early last week.

A giant asteroid will pass by Earth today at just 3.6 million miles away. It won’t hit D.C. But what if it did?

It was on this day 91 years ago that the Knickerbocker Theatre in Adams Morgan collapsed under the weight of two days worth of snow, killing 98 people and injuring 133.

Following in the footsteps of Virginia and D.C., President Obama issued a Federal Disaster Declaration for Maryland yesterday for damages caused by the June 29 derecho.

Air traffic controllers at Reagan Washington National Airport nearly caused a horrific midair accident when they accidentally cleared two departing planes to launch in the direct flight path of a third aircraft coming in for a landing.

In the wake of last Friday’s derecho storm, Mayor Vince Gray has requested that President Obama issue a presidential disaster declaration, which would allow D.C. to seek reimbursement from the federal government for certain costs associated with cleanup and recovery.

It’s not a pretty scenario, but a FEMA report released last year suggests that most of D.C. would survive a nuclear explosion.

In recent years, the District has been hit by record snowfalls, torrential rains, a hurricane and an earthquake. Fortunately, none of them have been particularly catastrophic — but that doesn’t mean that District officials aren’t constantly preparing for one that could be.

Never has a bowl of peanuts been so portentous. Director Steven Soderbergh lets his camera linger over a bowl of airport bar peanuts after a coughing, sniffling Gwyneth Paltrow leaves the frame, and the message is clear: the next person to reach into that bowl is getting more than a snack.

This morning, the Virginia Task Force 1 rescue team from Fairfax County returned from helping with USAID efforts in Japan. Despite a week’s worth of searching, earthquake damage and weather conditions proved too extensive to find survivors around the seaport city of Ofunato. Previously we linked to this video, released by the Department of Defense, of the search and rescuers laboring through rubble and helping with recovery efforts. According to WTOP, over $145,000 worth of gear, supplies and vehicles was left behind for the continuing effort. The Embassy of Japan has setup a website with information of agencies collecting donations.