The Trump administration’s move to relax an Obama-era chemical safety regulation put in place after an explosion at a fertilizer...
disasters News
WASHINGTON — It was the middle of the night when Yvonne Rawhouser’s neighbor woke her up to warn her that...
Navigation apps like Waze are trying to help motorists avoid hurricane flooding. But can people really rely on their smartphones...
Natural catastrophes like floods and storms claimed more than 20,000 lives and caused around $125 billion in damage worldwide in...
Economic losses from disasters since 2000 are in the range of $2.5 trillion, a figure at least 50 percent higher...
When flood waters rose in Thailand, Wal-Mart stores in Japan ran out of mouthwash. “We were out of mouthwash in...
Deaths and health problems from floods, drought and other U.S. disasters related to climate change cost an estimated $14 billion...
A new international climate report warns the world it had better get used to unusual weather extremes. That’s because global...
Driving along the back roads of Bertie County, it’s hard sometimes to tell one disaster’s damage from another. That huge...
A record 10 weather disasters in the U.S. have each caused at least $1 billion in damage: Hurricane Irene, Aug....