Natural Disasters

Following Hurricane Maria, a Puerto Rican colony of rhesus macaques broadened their social networks. Could humans do the same post-COVID?

Premiums will rise in October, but 51 percent of homeowners in high-risk areas are low-income

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Sticking with human names will lessen confusion and distraction

Controversy surrounds the plan to cut the river’s massive levee in an attempt to save disappearing wetlands

The Federal Emergency Management Agency acknowledges that recovery programs have unfairly burdened certain populations

Energy from neighboring states could have helped Texans survive their extreme winter storm

Issues with natural gas supplies and the grid’s isolation both factored in to the massive outages

The disaster draws attention to the controversial hydropower projects in the Himalayas

Scientists think a huge chunk of ice or rock fell and caused a devastating surge of water down a river in India

A patchwork of state laws can leave some home buyers unaware of their risks and uninsured

The storms are also migrating to higher latitudes