In 1900, Isaac Cline's bold decision to issue early hurricane warnings in Galveston likely saved thousands, yet the storm claimed up to 8,000 lives.

It’s been a sweltering summer for much of the US, with temperatures reaching new highs seemingly every day. And along the Gulf Coast, officials are now grappling with how to handle two potentially ...

The brand new docuseries History’s Deadliest with Ving Rhames premieres on the History Channel Monday, Jan. 26 at 10/9c. During the series premiere episode, host Ving Rhames will take viewers on an ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jamaica was still recovering from Hurricane Beryl, which sideswiped the island in July ...

Several weather disasters in US history have killed over 1,000 people. The largest was precisely 125 years ago, when a hurricane swept across Galveston and killed as many as 10,000 people. The list ...

Older adults who were exposed to heavy rainfall after Hurricane Harvey in 2017 faced a 3% increase in the risk of death within the following year, a new University of Michigan study found.

WASHINGTON — A new nationwide survey is out, highlighting the natural disasters Americans fear the most, and some of the results were not surprising. Here’s what the study by Talker Research survey ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Farah Nibbs, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (THE CONVERSATION) Headlines ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Farah Nibbs is an assistant professor of Emergency and ...