Smoke choked the Los Angeles skyline in January 2025 as wildfires ravaged neighborhoods, sirens blared under urgent evacuation orders, and entire blocks turned to ash in days. This scene marked the ...

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 ...

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