When we talk about disasters, we often default to the language of nature. We describe storms as "unprecedented," floods as ...

Editor’s note: In the wake of the devastating floods that have swept through Texas—claiming lives, displacing thousands and overwhelming local infrastructure—the urgency of disaster preparedness has ...

Resilience to disasters is not optional — it is essential to public safety, national security, economic prosperity and ...

Natural and man-made disasters threaten millions of people every year and cause billions of property damage. How much do we know about them? And how can we use that knowledge to save lives and money?

Natural hazards, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, landslides, wildfires and droughts are increasing in frequency and intensity, in large part because of climate change (M. Coronese et al. Proc ...

July 2, 2007 — The American Medical Association (AMA) introduced last week a new medical journal devoted to the science of disaster planning and response. The quarterly, peer-reviewed journal, ...

From Himalayan cloudbursts and Punjab floods to cyclones on both coasts and relentless heatwaves, 2025 exposed India’s ...

From tropical storms to wildfires, climate disasters aren’t confined to the places we’re used to seeing them. From tropical storms to wildfires, climate disasters aren’t confined to the places we’re ...

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CLIMATEWIRE | Natural disasters and human conflict forced about 66 million people to flee within their own countries last year, and the United States led all nations with 11 million of these internal ...

Chernobyl, Fukushima, Deepwater Horizon, Exxon Valdez—these names live in the collective global consciousness as warnings about what can happen when we are careless stewards of our environment and ...