Natural disasters can be categorized as "acute" or "slow" in their onset. They are predictable because they cluster in geographic areas. Natural hazards are unpreventable and, for the most part ...

Other technological disasters occur because industrial sites are located in communities affected by natural disasters, equipment failures occur, or workers have inadequate training or fatigue and ...

Mother Nature can be unpredictable, but some U.S. cities are clearly on her bad side. One Illinois city just made the list of ...

Changes in our environments brought about by global warming and other trends can foster devastating disasters with great risk for older adults.

Experts urge students and families to be prepared, and to start by asking schools about the types of natural disasters they could face in that region and how the campus is prepared to handle them.

When it comes to natural disasters, Singapore is a sheltered island. How sheltered? Very-We apparently have the 4th lowest ...

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When disaster strikes, who is there to help those looking for their loved ones? Cheryl Goh speaks to the team at Red Cross, ...

Dzigbede's new book, "Natural Disasters and Local Resiliency," was ... and we tried to track specific types of expenses pre-, during and post-disaster to see how expenditure patterns changed ...