A study titled "Sustainable Selection of Disaster Recovery Centers: A Comparative GIS Analysis and Fucom-Based Electre I ...

Key Takeaways Especially for fire departments with limited budgets, collaborating with local businesses and civic groupscan provide crucial resources like volunteers, funding, and outreach support for ...

Abstract: Effective disaster management and blueprints are crucial for any country's resilience and can significantly reduce the negative impact of disasters. This study analyzes the current state of ...

“Once you’re on the road, it may already be too late.” The somber warning was recently given by researchers who analyzed hundreds of self-recorded videos from people evacuating from wildfires. They ...

In Colombia, World Bank support helped extend social protection to approximately 340,000 households and supported the incorporation of disaster risk management into new construction, renovation, or ...

As extreme weather events increase in severity and frequency, the world faces compounding economic and development challenges. Conflict affects over half of the 25 countries most vulnerable to climate ...

Attribution researches the influence of climate change on local weather and impacts. We issues alerts in many instances when the Climate Shift Index identifies a notable extreme weather event around ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: The podcast Chasing Life With Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores the medical science behind some of life’s mysteries big and small. You can listen to episodes here. The “Shaking Palsy.” Those ...

We develop a new dataset to study homeowners insurance using over 74 million premiums from 2014–2024 inferred from mortgage escrow payments. We document rapidly rising premiums and a doubling of the ...

"Stop Disasters," an online video game developed by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), teaches young people how to reduce risks linked to flooding, hurricanes and other ...