Natural disasters

Houston water channel refineries

Houston is vulnerable to catastrophic hurricane damage

The tanks and refineries of the huge oil and gas infrastructure that Texas is famous for leave the city of Houston at risk for devastation and massive loss of life from storm surges if a major hurricane were to hit.

Houston is vulnerable to catastrophic hurricane damage
Tornado twins

Is tornado activity being affected by climate change?

Is tornado activity being affected by climate change?
A woman carries her belongings as she walks over a collapsed house in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on April 27, 2015.

Nepal's quake preparations not enough, despite 20 years of warnings

Nepal's quake preparations not enough, despite 20 years of warnings
fatherdaughter

For Nepalese abroad, 'you feel so helpless being so far away'

For Nepalese abroad, 'you feel so helpless being so far away'
A Haitian woman carries produce to be sold in Port-au-Prince on March 15, 2011. An estimated three million people were affected by the earthquake in 2010.

After surviving Haiti's earthquake, Laura Wagner turned to fiction

After surviving Haiti's earthquake, Laura Wagner turned to fiction

Hurricane

Hurricane

Sebastien Junger on Disaster

Sebastien Junger on Disaster