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 ...

Floods rank as the world’s third deadliest climate disaster from 1995–2024, while becoming the second costliest globally with ...

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 ...

This story is part of The Disaster Economy, a Grist series exploring the often chaotic, lucrative world of disaster response and recovery. It is published with support from the CO2 Foundation. When a ...

Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka. “He said there are children still stuck in the landslide, so he'll go and help them and come ...