Examples abound of animals appearing to predict natural disasters, with anecdotes dating back as far as Ancient Greece, when ...

THE P1-billion allocation for Project NOAH is, on its face, a welcome development. In a country battered annually by typhoons ...

An ad hoc committee will organize a 1.5-day public workshop to advance medical and public health research conducted during large-scale emergencies and disasters (“disaster science”) to benefit the ...

Resilience to disasters is not optional — it is essential to public safety, national security, economic prosperity and ...

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

Natural and man-made disasters threaten millions of people every year and cause billions of property damage. How much do we know about them? And how can we use that knowledge to save lives and money?

Editor’s note: In the wake of the devastating floods that have swept through Texas—claiming lives, displacing thousands and overwhelming local infrastructure—the urgency of disaster preparedness has ...

The Trump administration’s steep staff cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) triggered shutdowns of several climate-related programs Thursday. Perhaps most notably, the ...

When Superstorm Sandy made a beeline for New York City in October 2012, it flooded huge swaths of downtown Manhattan, leaving 2 million people without electricity and heat and damaging tens of ...

Tropical Cyclones originate between latitudes 10 degrees north and south of the equator. They form through heat interactions of warm surface ocean waters and the atmosphere. Cyclones move from the ...

Extreme weather is placing greater strain on Australia's power grids. In 2022, the record-breaking Northern Rivers floods blacked out almost 70,000 households. A powerful storm in 2024 cut electricity ...