Source: Kaite Cherry, photo courtesy of James A. Harvey, used with permission Though the COVID-19 pandemic has been called "unprecedented," disasters have been occurring across the globe for all human ...

Fort Myers Beach, Fla., a few months after Hurricane Ian struck in September 2022. The storm killed 149 people in Florida, wrecked some 5,000 homes in the state and damaged another 30,000. (David Kidd ...

Top 10 Disasters That Changed the Course of History Welcome to WatchMojo, today we’re looking at disasters that played a pivotal role in human history. For our criteria, we’re excluding all ...

OVER the past few years, disasters and emergencies have garnered much attention in American society. From the disaster that did not occur, Y2K, to the attacks on the World Trade Center, the blackouts ...

Alina Engelman ([email protected]), California State University, East Bay, Hayward, California. Leyla Craig, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Alastair Iles, University of California Berkeley, ...

Doing things on a regional basis is incredibly difficult. Individual jurisdictions "generally" are just taking care of themselves and don't give a hoot about what is happening next door in another ...

(MCT) — The drone buzzed over the rows of people watching from the ground, their necks craning to keep sight of the machine, no bigger than a brick and less than a pound. A screen at the front of the ...

I’ve spent years working with small businesses when disasters hit, and it’s hard to overstate how quickly things can fall apart. A storm, a pandemic or some other unexpected disruption hits, and ...

With the prevalence of earthquakes, flooding and other catastrophic events seemingly on the up, there has been talk of a ‘disaster economy’ emerging. The private and public sectors will have to work ...