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

Bandara Jayaratne from Beraliya, a village in the Aranayaka region in Sri Lanka, is among the fortunate individuals who ...

Integrating local governance with structural engineering solutions is key to developing earthquake-resistant housing in areas ...

When disaster strikes — a hurricane, an earthquake, a wildfire, a major storm surge — we see the impact: homes lost, critical infrastructure damaged, lives disrupted. What we often don’t see is the ...

LOUISVILLE, Colo. — Natural disasters across the country are increasing. In 2021, there were 20 different natural disasters, each one causing at least $1 billion in damages. A report from the United ...

This week’s Business of Giving guest is Elizabeth Hausler, CEO of Build Change. The nonprofit works with people in emerging nations to build houses and schools that can withstand a natural disaster.

In Pakistan, the Sindh Flood Emergency Rehabilitation Project (SFERP) has improved flood protection for 2.3 million people (almost half of whom are women) after the devastating 2022 floods; repaired ...

Shigetaka Hirosato, Board Director and President of Off-Grid Field Co., Ltd., founded the company out of a desire to transform conditions at construction sites, and Takahisa Yashiro of Hitachi ...

On a quiet street near the marsh in Charleston, South Carolina’s Rosemont neighborhood, Luvenia Brown watches the weather reports more than she used to. She’s lost lawn mowers, bikes and outdoor ...

VIENTIANE: The government on Monday (Dec 22) reaffirmed its commitment to disaster risk management as the country marked National Disaster Management Day, Asean Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, and ...