If you thought that floods are natural disasters that happened only in poorer continents like Africa and Asia, then you are wrong. First, not all floods are caused by nature. They are man-made too.
Natural disasters have always made man feel helpless in spite of technological advances. The recent tsunami of December 2004 in the South Asian region is the worst ever in recorded history. Apart from ...
Natural disasters are those adverse events resulting from natural processes of the Earth. Examples of such events include earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, droughts and fires. Many ...
May 2016, No. 1 Vol. LIII, Humanitarian Action: A Shared Responsibility Natural disasters shatter lives. I know. In 2004, the Indian Ocean tsunami shattered mine. They also wreck communities and ...
This resource focuses on how individual and communities prepare for, respond to and recover from life-changing natural disasters. It also explores the causes of earthquakes. This resource has been ...
Leeves, a senior geotechnical and natural disasters engineer at Tonkin + Taylor, based in Auckland, New Zealand, recalls the devastation he witnessed when visiting a number of villages destroyed ...
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Christian Weller is an economist focused on retirement inequality. The burden of climate change and the associated natural disasters that ...