Natural Disaster

When Alison Hill landed in the Bahamas only days after Hurricane Dorian, destruction surrounded her. The LifeStraw managing director was on one of the first seaplanes to reach Grand Bahama Island, and she was equipped with LifeStraw products and other water filtration systems to ...read more

Hurricane Dorian ravaged the Bahamas, leaving 23 people dead in its path of destruction. The storm weakened slightly when it made landfall on the coasts of Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida on Thursday and Friday, according to reports. But hundreds of thousands were drenched, ...read more

Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at [email protected] Hurricane Dorian: Surf Expo cancelled the 2019 event, as well as the pre-show outdoor festival, Waterfest, set to start today at the Orange County Convention ...read more

As a wildfire chased people from the town of Paradise, California, the traffic flooded right past Klean Kanteen’s headquarters in Chico. All four lanes of the highway were routed so traffic flowed only out of town. For difficult hours, some Klean Kanteen employees stood by that ...read more

The sky over North Carolina was blue, and filled with puffy clouds and a bright sun on Tuesday, showing no signs of the eminent storm. But the rain is coming. "It’s almost eerie," said Betsy Bertram, of Townsend Betram & Company in Carrboro. "You look at the weather forecast and ...read more

Presented by Black Diamond, Climbing Out of Disaster is a compelling 8-minute film about how a climbing guide from Puerto Rico helps his community in the wake of Hurricane Maria in September 2017. Bryant Huffman—a 39-year-old climbing guide from Cupey, Puerto Rico—along with his ...read more

As two fires rage in southern Colorado, employees of Durango’s Backcountry Experience are driving to the front lines to deliver wildland boots, sleeping pads, and other essentials for emergency responders. “This is not something I’ve asked them to do but they’re doing it to be ...read more

Just four miles from the nearest raging fire, the ash is swirling like falling snow at Marmot and ExOfficio headquarters in Rohnert Park, California. “It feels post-apocalyptic,” Joe Flannery, SVP and GM of Newell Brands Technical Apparel, said from the safety of a hotel room on ...read more

More than a dozen wildfires are raging through Northern California killing at least 17 people. The largest fires are burning in Sonoma, Napa, and Mendocino counties. Just as we wondered how outdoor retailers were impacted in Florida after Irma, we wanted to know how the outdoor ...read more

More than half of Puerto Rico’s population remains without access to clean drinking water after Hurricane Maria left the island in devastation. As we see the turmoil unfold from the comfort of our homes, we all wonder ways to help after a natural disaster. Take a cue from MSR, ...read more

While the powerful natural disasters of the last few months have left a mark on our landscape, they’ve also highlighted a maxim that has been repeated countless times over the last quarter century – that outdoor retailers, outdoor brands and outdoor individuals can be counted on ...read more

Wildfire season is upon us, and already resort communities are feeling the heat as the severity and intensity of wildfires is on the rise. That’s bad news for outdoor recreation and the places that depend on healthy forests and outdoor tourism to support local economies. The ...read more