Mounting evidence suggests that natural hazards are becoming more costly to businesses and individuals located in harm’s way. Last year, some 14 states suffered more than 30 tornadoes apiece, ...

“About 15 floors down from the top, it looks like it’s glowing red.” — Pilot of helicopter Aviation 14, radioing at 10:07 a.m., 9/11, New York City. “I don’t think this has too much longer to go. I ...

Each of the various pathways to global catastrophe presents its own winding course of possibilities. Nuclear weapons, climate change, pandemics, advanced technologies, and space weather might appear ...

The Food Forum will host a workshop on September 4-5, 2024 that will explore the state of the science around hazard- and risk-based approaches to safeguarding both domestic and global food systems. A ...

Costs of natural hazards are at historically high levels, and show an increasing trend. Cost assessments of natural hazards often only cover direct costs and even these are assumed to be at least 50% ...

Next to the National Electrical Code, NFPA 70E, “Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace,” is the largest selling document among more than 300 NFPA codes and standards. Although not a code ...

Comedic actor W.C. Fields once said that “the world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.” Although not a laughing matter for most executives, Fields’ ...

In November 2007, the state of Tabasco suffered its worst flood in the past 50 years. A week of heavy rains and storms inundated the oil-rich state and more than one million people - approximately 50% ...