Climate change is the big elephant in the room, and you can’t really talk about stronger disasters without mentioning it. As ...

Humanity lives on a thin edge: we barely scratch beneath the crust of our planet and routinely travel only within less than ...

This year’s extreme weather disasters have wreaked so much destruction that they collectively eclipse the annual GDP of more ...

This story is part of The Disaster Economy, a Grist series exploring the often chaotic, lucrative world of disaster response and recovery. It is published with support from the CO2 Foundation. When a ...

Antonio Riley said Jamaicans are used to getting hurricanes every year, but it’s uncommon to get something of this magnitude.

NEW YORK – Tornadoes are officially the scariest natural disasters for Americans, according to a newly published survey. The survey of 2,500 Americans from across the country found that regardless of ...

State emergency management officials say they’re facing funding challenges from the federal government that threaten the ...

Climate change is posing an existential threat to the property insurance market in the U.S., as more frequent and severe natural disasters are forcing carriers to face higher costs—which can end up ...

From public safety to natural disasters, there are plenty of risks to deal with, but these cities are effective at managing ...

According to the observation update issued by the India Meteorological Department during early hours of Wednesday, the severe ...