According to Climate Change News, due to geography and scattered coastal populations, Vanuatu has been repeatedly labeled as ...

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

From 1970 until 2000, the costs of disaster averaged $70-$80 billion. Those mainly preventable costs doubled this century to ...

"It wiped out everything." 300 towns cut off from outside world as deadly flooding leaves dozens dead and missing: 'There's ...

BANGKOK – A string of natural disasters and global conflicts, combined with drastic cuts to international aid means that some of the world's neediest people are suffering from serious food shortages, ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Floods that damaged hydropower dams in Nepal and destroyed the main bridge connecting the country to China show the vulnerability of infrastructure and need for smart ...

This year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction calls on governments and institutions to “Fund Resilience, Not ...

October 3, 2025 - Nearly half of the world’s worst wildfire disasters have occurred in just the past decade, new research from UC Merced’s Fire Resilience Center shows.

San Andreas, Cascadia faults could combine to produce back-to-back earthquake disasters, new research suggests – Nation and ...

Emergency management officials from across Missouri are meeting at an annual conference to discuss lessons learned from a ...

BANGKOK (AP) — A string of natural disasters and global conflicts, combined with drastic cuts to international aid means that some of the world’s neediest people are suffering from serious food ...