2021 ended as it began: with disaster. Twelve months after an atmospheric river deluged California, triggering mudslides in burned landscapes and leaving a half-million people without power, a ...

This consensus study will examine the impacts of multiple, compounding disasters that occurred across the Gulf region from 2020-2021 and provide findings on what factors enabled or could enable ...

In the first nine months of 2021, the U.S. has already faced 18 disasters that have cost more than $1 billion each, according to a report from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.

In 2021, there were 20 weather/climate disaster events with losses exceeding $1 billion each to affect the United States. Since 1980 high-cost disasters such as hurricanes, storms and flooding have ...

Using big data and current technology is increasingly becoming part of the practice of emergency and disaster management. With respect to marginalized populations, there are flaws in the way ...

On 14 July 2021, extreme precipitation lashed the Alps and other parts of Europe. A cascade of water ripped through the rivers. Despite advance warnings of major floods, nearly 200 people died in ...