As built-up areas encroach on natural ones, we need new strategies for dealing with the impact of wildfires on buildings and ...

Near-shore tsunamis, those triggered by earthquakes just off the coast, could pose a particularly dire risk for California’s ...

Currently, more than 8,000 people live in flood plain areas along estuaries in the Cascadia coastal region. But in the event of a high level of subsidence after an earthquake, that figure would ...

The 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar and Thailand on March 28 has left widespread devastation, with hundreds of casualties and severe infrastructure damage. Governments and ...

Lightweight bamboo structures have helped these regions cope with two difficult climate phenomena: earthquakes and floods. Assam lies in a seismic hazard zone and has witnessed several intense ...

Morocco’s Atlas mountains were hit by a devastating 6.8-magnitude earthquake on Friday night ... When an emergency like the Libya floods strikes, every minute counts and your donation can ...

May 19, 2023 Eleven years ago this month, back-to-back earthquakes struck the northern ... make them unstable in case of heavy rains. Image Flood damage inside a home in Sant’Agata sul Santerno ...

People in several Middle Eastern countries were on high alert over the weekend, as a barrage of extreme weather events swept the region. Emergency services have been deployed, as countries ...

A new publication released by the World Bank and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery examines current and future trends in terms of earthquake and flood risks for selected ...

Floods, cyclones, wildfires, heat waves, earthquakes and landslides made 2015 a devastating year for a lot of people around the world. We take a look at some of the worst natural disasters of the ...

These include 35 fires, 6 each of storms and floods, 1 hurricane-related (Katrina evacuees), 3 earthquakes, and 2 deep freezes. In fact, Southern California counties account for four of the top 5 ...