Throughout history, bridge collapses have led to tragic losses and serious injuries. These catastrophic failures serve as ...

Floods are one of the most common and expensive natural disasters around the world. They can happen because of heavy rain, rivers overflowing, dam failures, or fast-melting snow. Cities with poor ...

Dec. 20 (UPI) --Catastrophic weather claimed the lives of hundreds of people in 2024 as increasingly severe natural disasters ripped across the world indiscriminately. A rash of tornados pounded ...

The OceanGate Disaster" is too well-sourced and researched to be confused for one of those ghoulish docs that shows up on ...

From lengthy droughts to severe flooding, the intensity of water-related disasters around the world has increased over the last two decades as global temperatures climbed to record levels ...

FEMA declared 179 disasters in the U.S. in 2024, but climate change’s impacts were felt just as drastically around the world. When Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina, bringing torrential rain ...

In 2024 disasters displaced a record number of people both globally and in the U.S. About 11 million U.S. residents had to relocate to another part of the country because of hurricanes, floods and wil ...

Climate catastrophes have been unfolding around the globe. With nearly every month of 2024 having been the warmest on record, the world may be ... Reynolds declared a disaster and requested ...

Kenya's first-ever cyclone, typhoons in Asia and flooding on unprecedented levels in Spain and South America – 2024 was a year of disasters ... Organization and World Health Organization ...

The scale and number of disasters around the world means we are generating a massive amount of disaster debris. Rather than dumping that debris in wetlands or offshore where it can kill seagrass ...

For starters: boots-on-the-ground work. Researchers have conducted more than 700 field studies in disaster zones around the world, from 9/11 to the Indian Ocean tsunamis, and they’ve collected data ...

Why are water officials releasing water during the drought? 03:38 From lengthy droughts to severe flooding, the intensity of water-related disasters around the world has increased over the last ...