THE P1-billion allocation for Project NOAH is, on its face, a welcome development. In a country battered annually by typhoons ...

Resilience to disasters is not optional — it is essential to public safety, national security, economic prosperity and ...

An ad hoc committee will organize a 1.5-day public workshop to advance medical and public health research conducted during large-scale emergencies and disasters (“disaster science”) to benefit the ...

Editor’s note: In the wake of the devastating floods that have swept through Texas—claiming lives, displacing thousands and overwhelming local infrastructure—the urgency of disaster preparedness has ...

Natural and man-made disasters threaten millions of people every year and cause billions of property damage. How much do we know about them? And how can we use that knowledge to save lives and money?

When we talk about disasters, we often default to the language of nature. We describe storms as "unprecedented," floods as ...

From Himalayan cloudbursts and Punjab floods to cyclones on both coasts and relentless heatwaves, 2025 exposed India’s ...

The Trump administration’s steep staff cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) triggered shutdowns of several climate-related programs Thursday. Perhaps most notably, the ...