This resource focuses on how individual and communities prepare for, respond to and recover from life-changing natural disasters. It also explores the causes of earthquakes. This resource has been ...

On Nov. 6, at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center​ in Spain, the Global Initiative on Resilience to Natural Hazards through ...

They also wreck communities and, sometimes, even entire countries. Sudden cataclysmic disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes and floods cause devastation on impact. Slow-onset ...

Some earthquakes are imperceptibly quiet. We may not feel them, but machines might detect them—and they can point scientists to a potential "Big One".

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has published a comprehensive disaster guide ... during and after an earthquake in Japan. If you’re on public transport: Follow the same guidelines outlined ...

Renters insurance does not cover floods and earth movement, such as earthquakes and sinkholes. Consider including loss-of-use coverage in your renters policy if you’re in a disaster-prone area.

and stopping the pumps needed to cool nuclear reactors-demonstrates the potential complexity of an earthquake disaster. Such compound disasters can strike any earthquake-prone populated area. National ...

Get primary and secondary teaching ideas about: natural disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes and typhoons emergencies such as terrorist attacks or transport accidents extreme weather like ...

Keep in mind that home insurance won’t cover earthquake damage. The federal government’s disaster assistance is limited. Grants for home repairs are meant to cover essential repairs only ...

both in the immediate aftermath of the disaster and for months or even years to follow. Wildfires, floods, earthquakes, tornados, terrorist attacks, warfare, and other life-threatening events can ...

On New Year’s Day, revelers, shrine-goers, and visitors alike in central Japan were rocked by a sudden earthquake that measured 7.5 magnitude on the Noto peninsula in the western Ishikawa ...