Santa Monica faces $1.5 billion losses from natural disasters. Sea level rise, wildfires, and earthquakes pose greatest risks ...

Humanity lives on a thin edge: we barely scratch beneath the crust of our planet and routinely travel only within less than 10 miles of the atmosphere. So when you think about it, every day that life ...

In a nation as dynamic as the United States, history is more than just tales from the past; it's a mirror reflecting our current missteps and triumphs. Yet, as much as we advance, some disasters ...

In December 1989, the United Nations declared Oct. 13 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. At the time, the aim was ...

Natural disasters pose significant threats to communities, economies, and infrastructures, particularly in seismically active areas like Humboldt County. Last Thursday’s 7.0-magnitude earthquake ...

Economic losses from hurricanes and other natural disasters soared in the U.S. last year and were above average globally, reflecting another year of costly severe storms, floods and droughts. Damage ...

Global insurance losses from natural disasters have eclipsed $100 billion in 2025, even as subdued hurricane activity has ...

When natural disasters like hurricanes and wildfires hit, many who live dangerously close to the devastation are told to evacuate. Truck drivers who are delivering important shipments to those areas, ...

I saw a nighttime satellite photo the weekend after Hurricane Helene ploughed through Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. I knew it was not North Korea, with its perpetual darkness compared to the ...