The bill would create a national weather safety board to investigate deadly disasters and recommend changes for the future.

The Cabinet of Ministers on Monday approved a new science-based national strategy aimed at strengthening the country’s disaster resilience in the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah, which struck the country ...

Floods, tornadoes, terrorist attacks—emergency responders navigate myriad disasters with increasing reliance on technology. Rochester Institute of Technology is educating the next generation of ...

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 ...

Landslides can cause devastating damage and can harm and kill people. These disasters arise from a variety of conditions all around the world, making them hard to predict and prepare for. Kamal Rana, ...

Photo: Christian Martinez/Office of the Governor. As if predicting weather isn’t difficult enough, the Trump administration’s firing of employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

In a region frequently battered by typhoons, floods, and earthquakes, timely and reliable information access is essential for survival and development. To strengthen disaster preparedness, the ...

Worldwide, an estimated 440 million people were exposed to a wildfire encroaching on their home at some point between 2002 and 2021, new research shows. That’s roughly equivalent to the entire ...