The prototype of Paper Temporary House for Korea is a simple structure with paper tubes as columns, paper honeycomb boards ...

Climate change is causing more frequent and devastating natural disasters. The goal of this paper is two-fold. First, it examines the dynamic effects of natural disasters on the growth of output and ...

One of nature's most disliked creatures may very well unlock a breakthrough in disaster response.A multidisciplinary Purdue University research team ...

Twenty years after dual disasters, Nias is reshaped again. Churches of Christ have dedicated thousands of dollars and hours ...

Scientists know that natural disasters have negative health effects on survivors, but long-term observations are lacking. To ...

Scientists know that natural disasters have negative health effects on survivors, but long-term observations are lacking. To help fill this gap, a research team has investigated the connection between ...

Meteotsunamis are storm-generated wave events that can quickly flood Great Lakes shorelines. Roughly 100 occur each year.

An oarfish, known as a "doomsday fish," washed ashore in Mexico, fueling superstitions of an impending natural disaster.

Oarfish have long been associated with impending doom and its eerie appearance and deep-sea origins have cemented its reputation as a creature of superstition.

Disasters like wildfires are only set to become more frequent amid climate change. Architects are designing for resilience.

Tsunamis can be triggered as secondary disasters following megathrust earthquakes, with their intensity largely dependent on the magnitude of shallow seismic ruptures. Historically, considerable ...