Natural Disasters

A life is lost, homes are damaged and destroyed, and an iconic Puerto Rican landform is no more. Here are what happened and how you can help

The large, intense fires have threatened more than 800 million animals in the state of New South Wales alone, according to one estimate

While California had some success at minimizing wildfires in 2019, much work remains to mitigate flooding

The decision comes as the federally funded Army Corps of Engineers is under pressure to improve flood protection

The event shows that even geologically minor eruptions can endanger people

A relatively small eruption on a New Zealand island volcano created an outsize tragedy

A new study finds a 20-fold increase in the risk of simultaneous heat waves in major crop-producing regions when the pattern is in place

Steam volcanic eruptions like this one can only be detected seconds or minutes in advance

Inside the effort to understand wildfire season’s scariest phenomena

Floods of lava, followed by floods of glacial lake water, formed some of the most intriguing landscapes in the American West. These books explore the remarkable geologic events involved

An ultraintense hurricane—Dorian—and multiple destructive slow-moving storms: Are they harbingers of the future?

Scientists and policy makers assess whether California’s utilities will have to regularly cut power over the next decade to lessen huge wildfires