With the memory of an elephant and instincts of a seasoned first responder, researchers say this four-legged robot could be ...

More than 300 representatives from community-based organizations, public health, emergency management, academia, utilities, ...

This video explores five historically disastrous warships, from Russia’s circular Popovkas to Japan’s unstable Tomozuru. Each vessel represents an attempt at innovation that backfired catastrophically ...

India is assessing risks for all 6,545 dams as part of the National Dam Safety Act, prompted by climate change and recent flooding disasters.

The seemingly unstoppable rise of catastrophe bonds may now be eroding the market share of reinsurers. After years of raising prices, reinsurers are finding that primary insurers have started relying ...

In many communities at high risk for natural disasters, a Wall Street financing tool that's gaining popularity, called a catastrophe bond, may make it easier for homeowners to get insurance. On Oak ...

Senate Democrats are seeking to revive a database that had tracked billion-dollar climate and weather disasters for decades until the Trump administration retired it in May. The National Oceanic and ...

Catastrophe bonds are a growing form of investment that can be used to fund recovery from damage in climate-related disasters. Their structure can be attractive to both issuers and investors, but ...

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. The Los Angeles wildfires and severe spring thunderstorms are just ...

Weather disasters in the first half of this year have cost the United States $93 billion in damage, according to a report released Tuesday by a German multinational insurance company. The analysis by ...

ARC DECRA and Senior Research Fellow, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Housing, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne Across Australia, ...