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Natural disasters

Climate science and solutions
Is Europe ill-prepared for flood disasters?
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Zehra Kurukafa walks past a destroyed house in the village of Polat, Turkey, Feb. 12, 2023.
Natural disasters
Turkey earthquake survivors face despair, as rescues wane
Men remove debris as they search for people in a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey, Feb. 6, 2023.
Natural disasters
After deadly quake in Turkey, rescue teams struggle to help amid frigid temps
People and rescue teams try to reach trapped residents inside collapsed buildings in Adana, Turkey, Feb. 6, 2023.
Natural disasters
Powerful quake rocks Turkey and Syria, kills more than 2,300
Muddy water running through an informal settlement of huts
South African floods: Protecting people must include a focus on women and girls
In this photo provided by the New Zealand Defense Force, volcanic ash covers roof tops and vegetation in an area of Tonga, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022.
Natural disasters
Tonga volcanic eruption is a ‘1-in-1,000-year event,’ volcanologist says
Dead trees stand on the beach and in the ocean at "The Boneyard," created by beach erosion and fierce storms, in Hunting Island State Park on Hunting Island, S.C., in the United States
Climate Change
Seemingly small shifts in global temperatures have huge consequences for the planet
View of the Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands of La Palma, Spain
Natural disasters
Residents remember their losses as they rebuild from La Palma’s volcanic eruption
This aerial shot released by the Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) shows a village affected by a landslide in Nganjuk, East Java, Indonesia, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. 
Critical State
When it rains, it wars: Tracking intersecting security threats, Part II
a ship and other debris on a beach in indonesia after a tsunami
Environment
Why Indonesia’s tsunamis are so deadly
Arts, Culture & Media
Sebastien Junger on Disaster
Arts, Culture & Media
Hurricane
Buildings damaged by Hurricane Maria are seen in Lares, Puerto Rico, Oct. 6, 2017.
Health
Puerto Rico to analyze thousands of deaths that occurred since Hurricane Maria
Mexico City
Environment
When disaster hits home: The Mexico City quake one month on
Houston water channel refineries
Economics
Houston is vulnerable to catastrophic hurricane damage
Residents stand outside their homes as damaged cars are seen after a tornado hit the town of Ciudad Acuña, state of Coahuila.
Environment
Deadly tornado flips cars, wreaks havoc in Mexico. Across border, Texas faces flood.
Tornado twins
Environment
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.
Science
Nepal’s quake preparations not enough, despite 20 years of warnings
fatherdaughter
Culture
For Nepalese abroad, ‘you feel so helpless being so far away’
A man walks between a fallow rice field at Miyakoji area in Tamura, Fukushima prefecture on April 1, 2014. The area was finally opened to residents three years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
Environment
Riding the bus through Japan’s forbidden nuclear zone
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.
Books
After surviving Haiti’s earthquake, Laura Wagner turned to fiction
Arts
This Japanese woman never gave up on her hometown. Even after the tsunami
Valparaiso fire
Lifestyle & Belief
The Chilean city of Valparaiso is prone to natural disasters. It’s also where this poet left her heart
Valparaiso fire
Lifestyle & Belief
The Chilean city of Valparaiso is prone to natural disasters. It’s also where this poet left her heart
Global Politics
Hurricane Sandy leaves death, destruction as it roars ashore
Environment
Continental U.S. sets multiple heat records after blistering June
Global Politics
Nature packs another wallop with snow on top of those suffering tornado damage
Global Politics
VIDEO: Dozen dead as Midwestern cities pick up the pieces from tornado outbreak
Facebook reunites people with their keepsakes after the tornadoes
A Plaza Towers Elementary School Teacher on Moving Forward
Environment
How a Japanese Scientist Developed the Tornado Rating System
Development & Education
Japan Disaster: The Lasting Impact of March 11, 2011
Top of the Hour: Tornados in the Midwest, Morning Headlines
Top of the Hour: Wildfires Approach New Mexico Border, Morning Headlines
Top of the Hour: Schools After the Tornado, Morning Headlines
Area Hospitals Strive to Help Missouri Tornado Victims
Tornado-Ravaged Joplin, Mo. Begins Cleanup
Environment
Tornado: ‘They Don’t Have Homes to Go Back To’
Top of the Hour: 85 People Killed Southern Storms, Morning Headlines
Top of the Hour: Storms in the Midwest, Morning Headlines
Violent Weather Rips Through the South
Fukushima vs. Chernobyl—Comparison less useful than ever
Business, Economics and Jobs
US Auto Industry Feels Effects of Japan Quake
Development & Education
Radiation in Japan affects food supply
Environment
Japan’s record-breaking earthquake in named
The Living on Earth Almanac
Timber Salvage Logging Rider: Dead or Alive
Environment
Heavy rains, flooding hit Brazil
Environment
Takeouts: aftermath of Mississippi tornado, NFL draft highlights