Rainfall remains the most significant factor inducing geological disasters, and the combined impact of rainfall and the engineering activities of humans has further increased the risk of disasters.

Extreme climate makes it more difficult to detect hidden dangers. Heavy rainstorms or abrupt shifts between drought and flooding often trigger small-scale collapses and landslides. But the disasters ...

Extreme disasters costing more but killing fewer While the average cost isn't changing much, the most costly disasters are rising.

Since 1987, MCEER, formerly the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) and the National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research ( NCEER), has produced over 600 ...

Extreme heat is taking a toll on the US’s aging bridges. These researchers are enlisting AI and automation to perform ...

The United States was lashed by 18 catastrophic extreme weather and climate disasters last year that cost at least $1 billion each, a new report shows.

No matter where you live, extreme weather can hit your area and change your life. Whether it’s a hurricane, winter storm, flash flood, tornado, wildfire, or heat wave, disasters can damage or ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has never responded to deadly or damaging extreme heat. Environmental groups and labor unions are asking for that to change.

"To prevent recurrence of major tsunami disasters in the future, issues related to the safety assessment of nuclear power plants with respect to tsunamis will be identified in lessons learned from ...