People would be more likely to act if they feel threatened by a hazard, rather than a disaster, concludes a new study from New Zealand Having surveyed 604 people in Wellington, New Zealand, the team ...

Researchers developed a detailed assessment and map of vulnerability to natural disaster of the continental United States. A fifth of neighborhood blocks in the continental United States most ...

More than 2,000 terrestrial vertebrate species face a high risk of extinction from natural hazards, including hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis, according to a first-of-its-kind ...

Maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) can now show you whether the area you live in is at high risk from natural disasters and hazards. Created after U.S President Joe Biden signed ...

Have you ever wondered what natural disasters pose the most significant risk to Pierce County? Washington isn’t a stranger to heavy precipitation events and the natural hazards it creates, such as ...

The acceleration of extreme climate and weather disasters in the United States has wrought a death toll thousands deep while inflicting billions in economic losses over the past four decades, and data ...

In late January, an atmospheric river tore through Southern California, bringing torrential rain and floods. Pictures of a swollen Los Angeles river dominated headlines, and the storm caused billions ...

As climate change crises intensify, it is only normal that natural disasters take a quantum leap. The World Risk Report 2024 has identified the top 10 countries most vulnerable to natural disasters, ...

As more than 15,000 homes burned across the greater Los Angeles area the last two weeks, the all-too-familiar fear of whether a similar urban firestorm could blaze through the South Bay was at the ...

“Looking at urbanization and growth in population, it is very likely that these socio-economic factors will drive loss trends in 2026,” she said. Asia and Africa “are projected to have the biggest ...