Climate change has made extreme weather events such as bushfires and floods more frequent and more likely in recent years, and the trend is expected to continue. These events have led to human and ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday its well-known “billion-dollar weather and climate disasters” database “will be retired,” a move that will make it next to ...

Editor's Note: Against the backdrop of global climate change, the risk of geological disasters occurring in traditionally low-risk regions has risen significantly. In an interview with ThePaper.cn, ...

Buildings and urban infrastructure are designed to withstand earthquakes and other natural disasters, based on data from previous events. But how do you design a building to get through the extreme ...

On Jan. 5, 2025, at about 2:35 in the afternoon, the first severe hailstorm of the season dropped quarter-size hail in Chatham, Mississippi. According to the federal storm events database, there were ...