With natural disasters striking communities across the U.S. at an accelerating pace, the question of how to build homes that ...

The Trump administration stopped updating a database tracking the costs of the country’s worst disasters. A group of scientists has revived it. By Scott Dance The Trump administration this year ...

When disasters strike—whether floods, wars, epidemics, or accidents—the damage often goes beyond what we can see. Beyond broken homes and disrupted livelihoods lie broken hearts, silent grief, and ...

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 ...

How did Europe’s tallest dam become one of history’s worst engineering disasters? This documentary investigates the Vajont Dam tragedy of 1963, where a landslide created a wave that killed nearly ...

MANY traditional families aspire for their children to become professionals in their chosen field. There is a certain prestige that comes with attaching a title to one’s name – doctor, for instance, ...

As natural catastrophes become more frequent and destructive, a key backstop intended to help cover losses has gotten harder to access. The reinsurance industry, which exists to help primary insurers ...

I appreciated reading Sunday’s Editor’s Notes about California’s legislative reaction to our current federal administration, specifically the president’s effort to manipulate the results of the ...