In December 1989, the United Nations declared Oct. 13 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. At the time, the aim was ...

Natural and human-made disasters continue to evolve in increasingly complex ways, requiring all relevant stakeholders to work ...

New research reveals that wild disturbances are increasing across America, and these events greatly influenced indirectly by humans.

In March 1964, an earthquake measuring 8.5 on the Richter scale hit western Alaska. These violent shifts generated a tsunami that moved down the west coast of America and hit the low-lying northern ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Imagine a year’s worth of rain falling in just three hours and 20 minutes. Every spring shower, every winter burst — ...

A little boy, a much-cherished only child, was killed in a driving accident. I remember feeling that this must be the worst fate that could befall a parent. These days we wonder if there is an even ...

Extreme weather events have increased dramatically in the past 20 years, taking a heavy human and economic toll worldwide, and are likely to wreak further havoc, the United Nations said on Monday.

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has called for stronger accountability in disaster spending, warning that misuse of public ...

Giant rats wearing tiny high-tech backpacks are being trained in Tanzania for search and rescue operations. Belgium-based non-profit company APOPO has already trained rats and dogs to detect landmines ...

She was pregnant; the flu had a horrendous mortality rate among pregnant women. My father was only two years old at the time THERE is considerable fear about swine flu at present, especially now that ...