In rural communities, where healthcare access can be limited, disasters can drastically disrupt access to essential ...

According to FEMA, 40% of small and mid-sized businesses never reopen after a disaster. For those that do, the road back is ...

Regulators are paying attention too. Central banks and financial supervisors are increasingly asking how nature loss makes ...

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

In this age of megastorms, visionary designers around the world are taking clever advantage of the chance to rethink what ...

I have been fascinated by weather my entire life. That fascination led me to study climatology, then into a career as a geologist studying how water, weather and terrain create landslides across the ...

The Philippines is a maritime nation comprising thousands of islands, which are strategically located at the intersection of the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea. This position makes the country ...

Part 1 walked through the SDRP components that rely on familiar records, crop insurance and Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) data, where producers have a clearer sense of how their ...

Architects are uniquely positioned to help people displaced by natural disasters. By Shigeru Ban Shigeru Ban is a Pritzker Prize-winning architect, humanitarian and educator. This personal reflection ...

T. Usha last heard from his cousin on Nov. 29, when his cousin left their home along with another relative to search for people stranded by flooding and landslides triggered by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri ...

When a landslide barreled into her California neighborhood last year, Sallie Reeves’s home almost split in two. A year later, she is living alone with her two dogs in the former garage. Electricity ...

Artificial intelligence is gradually enabling more accurate forecasts of storms, fires and other events. AI models like Google's GraphCast outperformed traditional forecasts, aiding in predicting ...