State and local governments are increasingly attentive to the risks of a cyber hazard that might shut down some systems and services, leak sensitive information, or otherwise cause significant ...

"Stop Disasters," an online video game developed by the United Nations, teaches young people how to reduce risks linked to ...

Scientists and emergency managers are trying to learn from disasters past. The amount of damage caused by billion-dollar disasters reached an unprecedented amount in 2024, and the total cost of the ...

Mother Nature has been testing us for ages, long before we knew about climate change. She doesn’t care about our fancy degrees or emergency plans. Who could forget when COVID-19 made us all experts on ...

Kentucky has become no stranger to historic weather events. In recent years we have experienced severe floods, ice storms and tornadoes. As we work to recover, we must remember that while homes, ...

Artificial intelligence-driven algorithms can be used to better forecast models for natural disasters, saving lives and protecting property by rapidly analyzing massive data sets and identifying ...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Four recent catastrophic building collapses and a near miss are raising concerns about ...

There was an interesting discussion today at Rhode Island College from Dr. Christopher M. Reddy, a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. The Rhode Island ...

The bomb cyclone caused widespread damage and outages, costing tens of millions of dollars. A year later, two major utilities in our area say they’re better prepared should we get hit with a similar ...

In the wake of the recent CrowdStrike outage, financial institutions are realizing that there is no perfect way to guard against the next cyber calamity — but they must try anyway. The Austin, ...

Eliot Arts Magnet Middle School burned when the Eaton Fire swept through Altadena, Calif., in January 2025. JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images As Los Angeles County students begin returning to school ...

When a financial disaster strikes, chances are we'll never see it coming. That may make sense to investors who have been battered by the Nasdaq's 40 percent plunge from its March peak, but a pair of ...