The Fukushima nuclear disaster triggered by the magnitude 9.0 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, reminded the world that nuclear power plant accidents like the Chernobyl and ...

President Peter Mutharika has declared a State of Disaster in 11 of the country’s 28 districts that are facing serious food ...

A rescuer looks for bodies in a destroyed area after flooding and mudslides, caused by heavy rains leading several rivers to overflow, pushing sediment and rocks into buildings and roads, in Mocoa, ...

Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 35, No. 2, Vulnerability and Resilience to Natural Hazards and Disasters in Mountains (May 2015), p. 103 (2 pages) ...

Learn how a coastal vulnerability assessment in Malibu identifies key areas at risk, like residential development, septic ...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) sounded an alarm during a news conference Thursday, warning 30 owners of 68 bridges across 19 states to conduct vulnerability assessments to determine ...

The world has been witnessing more frequent and greater intensity weather-related disasters. Natural disasters hit every continent in the world. Asia has borne the brunt in terms of frequency and the ...

2020 FEB 27 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Politics, Law & Government Daily-- New research on Disaster Risk Reduction is the subject of a report. According to news reporting out ...

For modern companies, a small website outage or data breach can spell huge disaster to the organisation’s profits and reputation. This is what makes the job of information technology security officers ...