Chenxiao “Atlas” Guo developed a striking map showing the geographic range and frequency of natural disasters in the United States. The map beautifully communicates various risks that are more common ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AccuWeather.com Not all communities face disasters equally. Some are hit harder, recover slower, or are more vulnerable from the ...

Using a simulated disaster scenario of a chemical accident on a highway near their school, Livonia High School students soon discovered how important geographic information systems and imaging science ...

Tornadoes are officially the scariest natural disaster, according to new research. A survey of 2,500 Americans split evenly by U.S. region found that regardless of where they live, the threat of a ...

Researchers at the University of Missouri have created an innovative method for mapping natural disaster damage and risk by combining satellite imagery and on-the-ground data. Using this combined ...

Here are the types of extreme weather you may face — from tornadoes to floods to snow storms — and the officials who determine how severe it is and how financial assistance is distributed. Natural ...

When you look at Federally declared disasters across the U.S., there’s a surprising blank spot in the Southwest region.

Penny Gusner is a senior insurance writer and analyst at Forbes Advisor. For more than 20 years, she has been helping consumers learn how insurance laws, data, trends, and coverages affect them. Penny ...

With extreme weather events, fires and floods growing increasingly common, general warnings are no longer adequate. Researchers at Uppsala University, in collaboration with the World Meteorological ...

MANILA, Philippines — Local governments were urged to take advantage of the geohazard maps risk data of the Department of ...