In December 1989, the United Nations declared Oct. 13 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. At the time, the aim was ...
New research reveals that wild disturbances are increasing across America, and these events greatly influenced indirectly by humans.
Environmental disasters often hide behind natural causes and are attributed to climate change, but they also have an ...
Dr. Latoya Storr was an emergency medicine physician for a hospital in Grand Bahama when Hurricane Dorian ripped across the island in 2019. The hospital flooded four feet deep in places. Storr and her ...
BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Deaths, economic damage and other negative impacts from disasters have caused losses equivalent to 42 million life years annually since 1980, a measure that is ...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has called for stronger accountability in disaster spending, warning that misuse of public ...