New York Faces Half a Trillion in Storm Prevention Costs, Report Finds

A study from a group called Rebuild by Design estimates that the money will be needed to repair the effects of climate change ...

Venezuela earthquake damages add up to almost $20 billion, World Bank says

Almost a month after the devastating earthquakes, Venezuela has a mammoth task ahead in terms of rebuilding, rehabilitating ...
Frontiers

Failure Analysis and Risk Assessment of Natural Disasters Through Machine Learning and Numerical Simulation, Volume VI

This Research Topic is Volume VI of a series. The previous volumes can be found here: Volume I , Volume II , Volume III , Volume IV , and Volume V ...

Toxic Gases Keep Rescue Teams From Saving 12 Workers Trapped by Tunnel Explosion in India

Rescuers are struggling to reach 13 workers trapped in a tunnel after an explosion at a hydropower project in northeastern ...
Carnegie Mellon University

Snake Robots Support Earthquake Search and Rescue in Venezuela

Carnegie Mellon University researchers worked alongside international search and rescue teams in Venezuela to explore collapsed buildings with snake robots following two massive earthquakes that ...
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25 biggest man-made environmental disasters in history

Explore the 25 biggest man-made environmental disasters of history, from Chernobyl to Fukushima. Discover how human actions ...

Fires, floods and record heat: This is the summer of compounding disasters

This summer has proven we don’t have to wait for climate change to smack us in the face. The signs of global warming are all ...

Would this survival pod make you feel safer?

LifePods survival capsules from Momentum Technologies offer flood, ballistic and earthquake protection starting around ...

As Natural Disasters Expand, a Disaster-Tracking App Is Booming

Known for tracking California wildfires, Watch Duty is moving beyond that mission. Millions of people are turning to it for ...