From floods and forest fires to earthquakes—the frequency and intensity of natural disasters is increasing. This also means ...

This Christmas Day marks 21 years since the terrifying Indian Ocean tsunami. As we remember the hundreds of thousands of ...

Weak building codes and years of government unrest appear to have contributed to the devastation from the magnitude 7.7 Myanmar earthquake, a leading seismic safety expert in the region said. The ...

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How many people have earthquakes as their cause of death? The phrasing sounds awkward, but it is deliberate in avoiding the simpler question "How many people die in earthquakes?" Engineering for ...