Natural Disasters

As higher elevations warm, melting glaciers and disappearing snow will create major challenges

Technology is enabling better management of risks and crises

A strong earthquake shows off the value of seismic building codes, and allows the USGS to debut a valuable new tool for dealing with the aftermath

The impacts of global warming will cost the American economy, according to a new federal report

A new climate plan also includes measures to make the hurricane-battered island more climate resilient

Looking to fire-adapted trees and animals could reduce the impacts of California’s deadly blazes

Study shows Houston’s urban landscape may have physically changed Hurricane Harvey’s structure

Experts see the recovery effort as a test case for how the U.S. military prepares for climate change

The geology governing “sequence” quakes suggests scientists could, in theory, forecast the follow-up quakes

Residents rebuilding after the catastrophic Tubbs fire are paying higher premiums

Houses that survived were mostly built after Florida’s stringent building code was passed

The magnitude 7.5 earthquake that touched off the tsunami occurred amid a complex puzzle of tectonic plates