A massive 1,000-foot "mega tsunami" could strike the U.S. West Coast — and scientists say it’s not a matter of if, but when.

Scientists are raising the alarm about a potential 1,000-foot mega tsunami that could strike the U.S. West Coast with devastating force. A new study highlights the Cascadia Subduction Zone—a massive ...

NOAA kept a database of disasters that exceeded $1 billion in damage since 1980, but the agency halted the project amid ...

How do extreme weather events and disasters affect communities long term? Solomon Hsiang discusses the impacts on economic growth and health, and how research can improve emergency management and ...

News coverage of major hurricanes, flash floods, extreme wildfires and other weather disasters often follows a familiar cadence. Headlines announce catastrophic devastation. Death tolls are tallied.

ATLANTA, Aug. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2024, Hurricane Helene triggered a nationwide shortage of the country's intravenous (IV) fluids after damaging a facility in North Carolina. A similar IV ...

An increase in severe weather events, driven by human-caused pollution and resulting rising global temperatures, is having huge ramifications on the U.S. insurance industry. German reinsurer Munich Re ...

An American Cancer Society study suggests climate change-driven weather disasters like hurricanes, wildfires and floods pose an immediate threat to the U.S. drug supply chain. Photo by Caroline ...

The mock exercise was conducted under the guidance of the National Disaster Management Authority and organised by the Arunachal Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority , an official release said.

Climate change-driven weather disasters like hurricanes, wildfires and floods pose an immediate threat to the U.S. drug supply chain, a new study says. Nearly two-thirds of all U.S. pharmaceutical ...