Natural Disasters

Hundreds of people were killed and thousands of homes destroyed in Durban after torrential rains unleashed flooding

La Niña, climate change and an increasing human presence are all raising wildfire risks

And other new technology could detect carbon monoxide emitted just when flames start

Thirty-nine states received the agency’s lowest score, including many of the most disaster-prone

These events can cause devastating landslides and flash floods

The Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes in December

Blazes burned more than three million acres last year—nearly the size of Connecticut

There are no individual saviors for Tonga’s Internet infrastructure

The Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 Colorado houses, many of them the homes of experts studying wildfires

As the country rebuilds, its leaders need to plan for natural disasters and climate change

Dams mop up debris that would otherwise kill fish and other downstream wildlife, new observations suggest

The agency wants to examine if aid is distrubuted inequitably