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A new study published in The Conversation reveals that hurricanes cost more than just the price of rebuilding. Groups who are displaced face a long road to recovery compounded by health complications.

The effects of natural disasters go well beyond casualties, property damage, and land and infrastructure losses. These events are causing mental health crises that can transform the most powerless ...

A new study has found that individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to experience disaster-related home loss, and they are also more likely to develop functional limitations ...

As massive flames continue to ravage Southern California, survivors are left to pick up the pieces. Dr. Sue Varma talks about the long-term psychological effects of natural disasters, highlighting the ...

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York released a new tool to map the effects of natural disasters, even as federal agencies pull back on research about those events’ economic impact. The New York Fed ...

BERN, Switzerland, 06 March 2017 /PRNewswire Policy/ -- On the slopes of the Bolivian Altiplano, in Haiti and in rural India, women tend to bear the brunt of climate change and natural disasters.

Though the Fukushima nuclear disaster occurred six years ago, it carries lasting implications that remain today throughout Japan and around the world. On Thursday, Brown’s Japanese Cultural ...

It appears the train derailment in East Palestine will have significantly more far-reaching effects than many of us were led to believe while the events were unfolding a week-and-a-half ago. As Ohio’s ...