natural disasters, Tag

NASA has released more than 65,000 high-resolution aerial images of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, which document the full extent of the ecological damage caused by the deadly hurricane in 2017...

Between 2011 and 2017, California suffered through one of the worst droughts in its history. After the drought broke last year in what would be California's wettest winter in a century, extreme flooding caused severe damage...

Do we need a category six in defining storms? Some climate scientists think so, as tropical cyclones increase in duration, intensity, and strength, The Guardian reported...

Millions of meals never made their way to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, according to Reuters. United States Democratic lawmakers recently said the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded a contract of almost...

Mount Mayon, the most active volcano in the Philippines, sent lava billowing down its slopes on Tuesday and prompted an evacuation of more than 21,000 locals who live in threatened areas...

Scientists at the University of Kentucky and the University of Memphis may have learned why earthquakes often occur in places they aren't usually expected...

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Recent natural disasters such as hurricanes in the Caribbean and earthquakes in Mexico have laid bare the need for more resilient buildings. Fortunately, researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have developed...

For the past several days, 15 ferocious wildfires have been burning across at least 119,032 acres throughout Northern California. The inferno has claimed the lives of at least 10 people, a number that is expected to grow,...

After Hurricane Maria — a category 4 storm — knocked out power for Puerto Rico’s 3.5 million citizens, the FEMA website became a major lifeline for Americans to stay informed of recovery efforts. However just yesterday...

In the midst of one of the most active hurricane seasons in modern United States history, New Orleans braces for impact as Tropical Storm Nate barrels through Central America en route to the American Gulf Coast...

Elon Musk, CEO and co-founder of Tesla, has made clear his company is willing and capable of rebuilding Puerto Rico's power grid from the ground up. "The Tesla team has done this for many smaller islands around the world,"...

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake recently rocked Mexico, and in Mexico City, 15 dogs came to the rescue. But few are quite as beloved as Frida, a 7-year-old Labrador who achieved Twitter fame. The Internet at first thought she'd...

Like the super volcano in Yellowstone National Park, experts have been preparing for the eruption of the Campi Flegrei volcano near the Bay of Naples, in Italy for some time...

Dozens of cities and towns in Japan have quietly shifted from traditional utility-based grid power system to a more local, resilient model of generating and storing energy where it is used. After significant damage caused...