Manmade or technological disasters are unpredictable, can spread across geographical boundaries, may be unpreventable, and may have limited physical damage but long-term effects. Some disasters in ...

You’ve probably noticed that disasters seem to be getting weirder and more intense. Every time you turn on the news, there’s another earthquake, hurricane, or wildfire that seems worse than the last.

The LA wildfires last January helped push the nation's "billion-dollar disasters" to a near record last year, even without a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Disasters can happen anywhere at any time. Be prepared. fstop123 via Getty Images When disasters hit, they can mean days to weeks ...

A deluge of floodwaters engulfing a single mother’s home. Wildfire flames emblazoning an elderly couple’s abode. Stories like these are all too common — and they have become more so in recent years.

As my L.A. County Fire partner and I were trying to get ahead of the flames, we drove up a narrow road into a canyon neighborhood above the endless sea of homes in the flat valley below. Appropriately ...

August is the most active month for natural disasters in Florida. There have been 89 natural disasters in Florida from 1980 to July 9, 2024. Florida faces the greatest threats from severe storms, ...

More and more people are building their homes in woodland settings in or near forests, rural areas, or remote mountain sites. As residential areas expand into relatively untouched wildlands, these ...