Natural Disasters

Have we seen the last days of Fissure 8? Or is it merely sleeping.

Kilauea's gone quiet, but is this really the end of the Lower East Rift Zone eruption?

To know what a wildfire might do next, researchers need to know how an inferno interacts with the atmosphere

Hail causes most thunderstorm-related damage and could become more common with warming

Human development patterns can be a larger influence on blazes in some places

Residents rebuilding after last year’s deadly Tubbs Fire are taking more precautions

Indonesia’s Lombok quake revives the question of taking cover versus running outside

Communities hit by devastating floods grapple with how to protect themselves

The Golden State’s fiery woes are clearly visible all the way from low-Earth orbit

The president also ignores the role of climate change in fueling fires, experts say

The temblor occurred where one tectonic plate is diving beneath another

Differences observed along the Cascadia Fault explain why certain areas see more rumbling