Researchers have found that, since 1950, economic losses from floods in Europe have decreased because of improvements in risk management, per a University of Potsdam news release. Climate adaptation ...

From floods and forest fires to earthquakes—the frequency and intensity of natural disasters is increasing. This also means an increase in the number of people affected and damage to infrastructure, ...

A record-setting 21 thunderstorm events each caused at least $1 billion in damages, a sign that more people and property are ...

The laborious work of cleaning up and analyzing the damage left behind from back-to-back natural disasters continues in south ...

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

On 30 July, one of the biggest earthquakes ever recorded struck eastern Russia, triggering tsunami alerts across Japan and the Pacific. It is a timely reminder that Japan faces such seismic threats ...

Hours after an Atlantic hurricane came for Appalachia, many residents of rolling, tree-lined western Asheville, North Carolina, had nothing to do and nowhere to go. More than 1,000 roads were closed, ...

Insured losses reached $145 billion in 2024, the sixth-costliest year on record according to new research from Aon, the global professional services firm, while economic losses reached $368 billion.

FEMA is assessing public property damage from historic floods in Wisconsin, a step toward unlocking disaster aid. Gov. Tony Evers estimates $43 million in public damage; at least $33 million in ...

Disaster coverage used to be a quiet line in your homeowners policy. Now it is splintering into separate products, each with ...