In Focus

Floods are the most frequent and costly natural disaster in many parts of the world and the risk is increasing.

November in Tuscany means heavy storms and intense rainfall—and the potential for flooding.

The USGS has announced the 2023 release of a 50-state update to their National Seismic Hazard Model.

Japan lies in one of the world’s most seismically active regions, with significant earthquakes each century.

By October 1, a total of 46,279 wildfires had burned more than 5.9 million acres across the U.S. in 2021.

Significant flooding occurred when low pressure system “Bernd” parked itself over central Europe in mid-July 2021.

The year 1356 may seem a long time ago, but in terms of the geologic time scale, it is very recent.

Catastrophes worldwide are expected to cost society roughly USD 380 billion each year.

Hurricane Matthew, the 2016 Atlantic season’s most powerful hurricane, made four landfalls, the last as a U.S. Category 1 storm.

A lot has changed since we last wrote about the opioid epidemic in summer of 2018