A record amount of California is burning, spurred by a nearly 20-year mega-drought. To the north, parts of Oregon that don’t usually catch fire are in flames. Meanwhile, the Atlantic’s 16th and 17th ...

The Compounding Disasters Study Committee and NASEM staff will convene a virtual panel of community stakeholders to discuss their personal experiences preparing for and recovering from disasters that.

Severe weather is on the rise in the United States, and the result is costly. As of July 8, 2020, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that U.S. has experienced 10 ...

NOAA noted that there were a record-breaking 30 named tropical storms in the Atlantic in 2020, with 12 of them making landfall along America’s coast, several in Louisiana alone. More than 40% of the ...

We’re spending way more than we realize on disasters. If we knew the true cost, we might spend more on making communities resilient. Meanwhile, FEMA is stretched thin: Last week, Homeland Security ...

From severe storms to tornadoes, natural disaster statistics reveal that disasters are occurring more frequently and with ...

Extreme weather, amplified by climate change, has raised insurer risks and insurance rates for U.S. homeowners, especially in the last decade. Damages from large natural disasters have soared from ...

This consensus study will examine the impacts of multiple, compounding disasters that occurred across the Gulf region from 2020-2021 and provide findings on what factors enabled or could enable ...