Natural Disasters

Hurricane Sandy struck the United States in October 2012, causing an estimated $65 billion in damages. FEMA provides assistance to survivors throug...

The Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 appropriated about $50 billion for recovery from Hurricane Sandy, part of which was intended for dis...

The most destructive storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, Superstorm Sandy smashed ashore on the U.S. East Coast in October 2012 after cutt...

Solar activity causes changes in the magnetic field on the surface of the Earth. If these changes are insignificant, they do not affect life on Ear...

Damage from hurricanes is expected to increase significantly in the coming decades because of the effects of climate change and coastal development...

The development of new technologies that have emerged since the mid-1990s has led to Internet-based applications known as social media that enabl...

Nowadays, governments are more often than not confronted with crises that are so unforeseen (i.e., the 9/11 attacks), so unexpected in nature or in...

This book is the hearing that took place in front of the U.S. House of Representatives on June 10th 2011. It provides a State and Local Perspective...

After a flood, people are often uncertain if their eligibility for federal disaster assistance is linked to any way to whether or not they have flo...

A collection of articles that showcases the diversity of tsunami science. This is truly an interdisciplinary field that brings together seismologis...

Hurricane Agnes struck the United States in June of 1972, just months before a pivotal election and at the dawn of the deindustrialization period a...

This book is for a broad audience of practitioners, policymakers, scholars, and anyone interested in scenarios, simulations, and disaster planning....

The new revised fifth edition of Natural Hazards remains the go-to introductory-level survey intended for university and college courses that are c...

The Routledge Handbook of Human Rights and Disasters provides the first comprehensive review of the role played by international human rights law i...

Two hundred sixty million years ago, life on Earth suffered wave after wave of cataclysmic extinctions, with the worst wiping out nearly every spec...

Early morning on Monday, October 9, 2017, wildfires burned through Northern California, resulting in 44 fatalities. In addition, 6,200 homes and 8,...

An earthquake is a natural disaster that causes damage world-wide. Not only earthquakes of high magnitude, but also those of small magnitude that s...

For most of us, the impression of the word tsunami is a combination of multiple elements of action movie, thriller, drama and science fiction, wh...

The largest earthquake ever recorded in Haiti devastated parts of the country, including the capital, on January 12, 2010. The quake, centred about...

The diverse cultures of the Caribbean have been shaped as much by hurricanes as they have by diplomacy, commerce, or the legacy of colonial rule. I...

Winner of the PEN/Ackerley Prize 2014The book opens and we are inside the wave: thirty feet high, moving at twenty-five mph, racing two miles inlan...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the prevention, risk factors and management of natural disasters. Topics discuss...

Floods remain a significant hazard in the United States. Developing and investing in flood-prone areas represents a trade-off between the location'...

A PACIFIC NORTHWEST BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION BESTSELLER A fascinating look (Esquire) at the thrilling world of smokejumpers, the airborne firefight...

A forest fire is any uncontrolled, non-structure fire that occurs in the wilderness. Wildlife behaviour is often complex and variably dependent on ...

A tsunami is a series of water waves that is caused when a large volume of a body of water, such as an ocean, is rapidly displaced. Earthquakes, vo...

The four major types of natural environmental hazards that can result in property damages or lost lives are (1) geophysical events, such as earthqu...