Natural Disasters

Deaths or excessive damage put Katrina, Maria, Harvey and other monikers out of circulation

Cows, sheep and dogs increased their activity before tremors, seemingly reacting, in part, to one another

More diversity is needed to reverse long-standing inequities in disaster response policies

Here are some brief reports about science and technology from all over, including one about how a lizard population responded to hurricanes by developing larger and stickier toe pads on average.

Dramatic increases in storm-prone areas will complicate evacuation, sheltering and recovery efforts

Fifteen communities set records for the number of days with such floods last year

The torpedo-shaped ocean gliders can survive in stormy seas and can glean information satellites cannot

The significant growth in such properties has come despite billions spent to protect them

Systemic inequities such as credit scores mean Black home and business owners receive fewer federal relief loans than white ones

Meteorologists are using supercomputers and the latest data about climate phenomena to predict temperature and precipitation four weeks in the future

In California and Florida alone, such codes have prevented $1 billion a year in structural damage

It seems like entire libraries have been written about the Mount St. Helens eruption. Here are four books well worth reading