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While people think similarly about natural hazards and natural disasters, they might act quite differently about each, concludes a study by New Zealand researchers: Dr. Lauren J. Vinnell (Massey ...

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Hurricane Helene lasted only a few days in September 2024, but it altered the landscape of the Southeastern U.S. in profound ways that will affect the hazards local residents face far into the future.

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Over the last year, Canada has made important progress toward making it easier for people to determine if they’re at risk from natural hazard disasters. But many people across the country still lack ...

The mid-term review of Sendai Framework underscored that there are growing concerns on the acknowledgement of multi-hazard, multidimensional, and systemic nature of risk. The global risk science ...

The recent catastrophic disaster in Nepal has once again confronted us with the extraordinary power and complexity of natural ...

BACOLOD CITY—The Negros Island Region lost an average of 26 school days per division to natural hazards and calamities from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (L-R) Sarah Jones, President of the German Weather Service (DWD), Petra Berg, Environment Minister of Saarland, and Volker Wissing ...