Along with increases in global temperatures, natural disasters happen more frequently than they did in the past.1 For households exposed to severe weather events, this creates financial risks for two ...

Explore natural hazards in geography, their human impacts, and how vulnerability, risk, and preparedness shape disasters locally and globally ...

In my career I’ve responded to many different types of disasters. Other than acts of terrorism and cruel deliberate violence, I believe floods may be the most psychologically toxic disaster one may ...

Millions of people worldwide get no early warning when disaster is about to strike, according to a new survey. The Lloyd’s Register Foundation World Risk Poll, conducted by the Gallup polling ...

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MISSISSAUGA, ON, May 7, 2019/insPRESS/ – Emergency Preparedness Week is upon us (May 5-11), but it may seem like cold comfort to the people who have been evacuated after rivers have flooded Quebec, ...