Natural disasters affect many parts of the world, but few countries experience them as frequently and as intensely as ...

Chenxiao “Atlas” Guo developed a striking map showing the geographic range and frequency of natural disasters in the United States. The map beautifully communicates various risks that are more common ...

Using a simulated disaster scenario of a chemical accident on a highway near their school, Livonia High School students soon discovered how important geographic information systems and imaging science ...

Texas, Georgia and Illinois are the three worst states for natural disasters. Hawaii, Alaska and Maine are the three states with the fewest natural disasters. Natural disaster frequency and losses are ...

Tornadoes are officially the scariest natural disaster, according to new research. A survey of 2,500 Americans split evenly by U.S. region found that regardless of where they live, the threat of a ...

India faces escalating disaster risks due to geography, climate change, and development patterns, as starkly illustrated in ...

Natural disaster losses worldwide dropped sharply to $224 billion in 2025, reinsurer Munich Re said Tuesday, but warned of a ...

Researchers are working on an artificial intelligence model that can recognize landslides. University of Cambridge scientists in the U.K. hope that this AI model will find landslides after extreme ...

With the increasing frequency and severity of natural disasters due to climate change, it's a good time for businesses and governments to rethink their infrastructure strategies to ensure continuity ...

Three hours before dawn on February 6, 2023, a 29-year-old pastrymaker named Nuri Imren woke to the sound of his sister screaming. His family’s high-rise apartment in the Turkish city of Antakya was ...