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A new analysis from the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) highlights the mounting pressure facing Texas homeowners, as extreme weather and infrastructure vulnerabilities continue to drive up ...
Two massive disasters this year — the Texas floods and Los Angeles firestorms — are leading some to grapple with the question ...
While the Gulf is far less prone to tsunamis than the Pacific, experts say it’s not entirely out of the question.
The floods show that a shift in mindset is needed for disaster preparedness and our warming world, writes Bill Weir, CNN’s ...
Two summers ago, in Hawaii, flames blasted by winds upward of 80 miles per hour rolled downslope like an avalanche of fire, ...
New Cascadia Subduction Zone research suggests the tsunami risk for some coastal communities in the Pacific Northwest may not be quite as acute as originally thought.
As the hottest days of summer near, ERCOT sees little risk of blackouts in part due to increased solar and battery capacity.
Tsunamis pose a risk to the entire California coast. But should a major one strike, how bad could it be? A single tsunami likely won't cause the worst-case scenario for every region. But in total ...
In another study, Goda and his collaborators outlined how seismic mapping for shaking and tsunami risks is necessary for coastal communities like Tofino that face imminent dangers from offshore ...
Near-shore tsunamis, those triggered by earthquakes just off the coast, could pose a particularly dire risk for California's heavily populated coastal communities.
Researchers developed a fourth-generation buoy in Seattle that can detect an earthquake-triggered tsunami 10-15 minutes earlier than the previous generation.
New findings show that tsunami risk may be different, though not less, in places along the subduction zone.