The world witnessed one of the worst nuclear disasters in history. The Fukushima Daiichi power plant disaster, triggered by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake and the resulting tsunami, caused a chain ...

You’ve probably noticed that disasters seem to be getting weirder and more intense. Every time you turn on the news, there’s another earthquake, hurricane, or wildfire that seems worse than the last.

Officials in Texas are under scrutiny for a string of refusals to fund early warning systems for flash floods in an area where sudden, intense rainfall is frequent. Those measures could have included ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Floods that damaged hydropower dams in Nepal and destroyed the main bridge connecting the country to China show the vulnerability of infrastructure and need for smart ...

Climate disasters cost the world over USD 120 billion in 2025. Heatwaves, wildfires, droughts, and powerful storms caused more than USD 120 billion in damage worldwide, according to a new report on ...

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering; Senior Fellow at the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Boise State University Mojtaba Sadegh receives funding from the US ...