Tornadoes are officially the scariest natural disaster, according to new research. A survey of 2,500 Americans split evenly by U.S. region found that regardless of where they live, the threat of a ...

Thursday, the Insurance Bureau of Canada said insured damage caused by the Fort McMurray wildfires was the most expensive disaster in the country’s history for insurance providers. The May fires ...

Humanity lives on a thin edge: we barely scratch beneath the crust of our planet and routinely travel only within less than 10 miles of the atmosphere. So when you think about it, every day that life ...

1:48 Fort McMurray wildfire is most expensive disaster in Canadian history Fort McMurray wildfire is most expensive disaster in Canadian history Last year ranks among the top five worst years on ...

The U.S. is full of stunning landscapes and varying geographies, but there’s also great natural risk. There are California’s wildfire hills; Florida’s hurricane coasts; natural disasters are a part of ...

When Fort McMurray was hit with flooding last week, residents of the beleaguered city no doubt wondered what they did to deserve yet another natural disaster. First, much of the community is lost to ...