By Simon Jessop, Marco Aquino and Gopal Sharma LIMA/KATHMANDU/ANTALYA, Turkey, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Twice a day during the ...

A study of one of the world's longest-running disaster warning systems—desert locust monitoring—finds surveillance limits damages and generates returns of up to 680 times the investment. The new study ...

Rice’s Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center convened researchers, emergency management ...

After major disasters, public debate often treats them as unexpected or unprecedented. This reaction is not necessarily about the absence of warnings. It reflects how societies process shock—and how ...

BANGKOK, Thailand, Aug 8 2025 (IPS) - Significant progress has been made globally in implementing national and local disaster risk reduction strategies. Yet, the impact of disasters on lives and ...

TEXAS, USA — In response to the deadly Fourth of July flooding in the Texas Hill Country last year, a new bill hopes to unlock federal funding to ensure it doesn’t happen again. Senator John Cornyn ...

The exact timeline of the recent Nepal flooding disaster is becoming clearer. At 8:37am, instruments recorded what was initially interpreted as an earthquake near Nepal’s border with China. Seven ...