Disaster costs fell in the U.S. in 2025. Still, it was the fourth time in five years that extreme weather inflicted more than ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Los Angeles wildfires and severe spring thunderstorms are just a few of the natural disasters that have contributed to more ...

Today marks 15 years since the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, Japan. Some parts of the surrounding area are still recovering.

Tornadoes are officially the scariest natural disaster, according to new research. A survey of 2,500 Americans split evenly by U.S. region found that regardless of where they live, the threat of a ...

Last year was one of the worst years for U.S. natural disasters, according to researchers, as the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) future remains uncertain. Major disaster declarations, ...

It’s the largest portion of the $21 billion in disaster aid approved by Congress at the end of 2024. And this week, USDA announced farmers will be able to start signing up for $16 billion in disaster ...

Humanity lives on a thin edge: we barely scratch beneath the crust of our planet and routinely travel only within less than 10 miles of the atmosphere. So when you think about it, every day that life ...

A string of recent natural disasters has increased awareness of the dangers, yet nearly one-third of Americans haven’t taken financial steps to prepare for a natural disaster, and less than one-third ...

The 2024 box office has been a disaster, but the release of Twisters is making it a disaster in a good way. The loosely connected sequel to the 1996 tornado flick is the latest in a proud tradition of ...

Experiencing a natural disaster in childhood can shape how business leaders approach workplace safety decades later, according to a new Concordia-led study. The study found that CEOs who have lived ...

The Los Angeles wildfires and severe spring thunderstorms are just a few of the natural disasters that have contributed to more than $131 billion in global losses for the first half of 2025, according ...