When disaster strikes — a hurricane, an earthquake, a wildfire, a major storm surge — we see the impact: homes lost, critical infrastructure damaged, lives disrupted. What we often don’t see is the ...

As climate impacts grow stronger around the world, countries that can anticipate multiple hazards and warn their communities ...

LOUISVILLE, Colo. — Natural disasters across the country are increasing. In 2021, there were 20 different natural disasters, each one causing at least $1 billion in damages. A report from the United ...

This week’s Business of Giving guest is Elizabeth Hausler, CEO of Build Change. The nonprofit works with people in emerging nations to build houses and schools that can withstand a natural disaster.

Camp Mystic, the private summer camp that now symbolizes the deadly Central Texas floods, sat on a tract of land known to be at high risk for a devastating flood. Nearly 1.3 million Texas homes are ...

In today’s hyperconnected digital economy, uptime is critical, and while downtime is inconvenient, it also poses a threat to reputation, revenue, and customer trust. Enterprises are expected to ...

The World Bank today approved US$100 million in additional financing to help Morocco strengthen its ability to withstand the impact of natural disasters.The extra financing will be used to scale up an ...

More than 1,200 landslides were recorded in two provinces in Sri Lanka following Cyclone Ditwah in late November, resulting in crisis evacuations to safeguard vulnerable populations. Most of the ...