Nature provides us with all the essential things to lead a beautiful life. However, nature can also take everything away in a matter of seconds. In recent years, the world has seen a lot of natural ...

Arizona lawyers have grounds for charging oil conglomerates with murder or manslaughter for the hundreds of deaths caused by the July 2023 heat wave, per an article published in the Guardian. Climate ...

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City officials, residents and researchers gathered at Columbus Park in the Austin neighborhood Tuesday night to remember the deadly heat wave 30 years ago — and to plan how to prevent future heat ...

The Asian tsunami tragedy is feared to have claimed at least 50 British lives, with many more still unaccounted for. Back home, scores of families face an anxious wait for news of loved ones missing ...

After the floods come the waves. Following the initial health crises in the aftermath of tropical storm Helene, Buncombe County and others inundated by the storm may be facing a secondary medical ...

Unlike other natural disasters, extreme heat doesn’t topple buildings, flood streets or turn road signs into missiles. It doesn’t provide a dramatic backdrop for daredevil weather reporters. What it ...

In the United States, heat kills more people than hurricanes, floods and tornadoes—combined. Yet unlike these other extreme weather events, heat waves are not considered a major disaster under U.S.

As high temperatures and humidity blanket the Midwest and East Coast, New York and other cities are taking measures such as opening up cooling centers to prevent health risks associated with high heat ...

If your home was destroyed by a sudden disaster that you couldn't control, you would hope that at the very least, your insurance would cover your losses. However, disaster risk financing systems are ...

Another brutal summer is shattering temperature records, broiling over a third of Americans under extended heat advisories. As smoke from wildfires begins to choke skies and death counts tick upwards, ...