Emergency response capability gaps may hinder federal efforts to prepare for no-notice catastrophic attacks such as major earthquakes and improvised nuclear device (IND) explosions, according to a ...

Co-authors John Mutter and Sonali Deraniyagala explain why an interdisciplinary approach is necessary to understand these connections.

Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina carved its place into American history — not just as one of the deadliest storms, but as a defining failure of emergency coordination. More than 1,300 lives were ...

A new study found that climate change has driven a surge of “societally disastrous” wildfires over the last four decades, with 43% of the most costly events occurring in the last 10 years. Reading ...

Torrential rain began to fall in two Indonesian provinces on Monday, Sept. 8 At least 15 inches of rain fell in Bali, Indonesia and other areas, triggering flash flooding and landslides that ...

THE FINANCIAL COSTS OF natural disasters are on the societal radar screen. In the past they received relatively little notice except in the aftermath of a catastrophic event. The reason for our ...

Research collaboration: International Joint Laboratory on Catastrophic Disaster Simulation and Systemic Risk Response is a research collaboration whose article contributions are accrued to its ...

Over the past two decades, the global insurance industry has undergone a quiet but significant shift. Regions once considered manageable risks are now being labeled financially unviable by insurers.

The human and environmental impact of the recent floods in Sumatra is the result of years of ecological destruction and failures in disaster governance. The floods and landslides that swept northern ...

Discover how the Catastrophe Loss Index helps quantify insurance claims from natural disasters like hurricanes and earthquakes, supporting insurers in risk management.