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 ...

The costliest disasters on the National Centers for Environmental Information "Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters" list.

A new study reveals the top at-risk states for natural disasters in 2025, based on an analysis of previous incidences of ...

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.

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 ...

Over the last several decades, various types of natural disasters have wreaked havoc around the U.S., but which cataclysms have cost the most? The National Centers for Environmental Information ...