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 ...

In 2021, ten thousand people died from natural disasters, revealed the United Nations University and the Institute for Environment and Human Security. These 10 disasters are the heat wave in British ...

Humanity lives on a thin edge: we barely scratch beneath the crust of our planet and routinely travel only within less than 10 miles of the atmosphere. So when you think about it, every day that life ...

NOAA kept a database of disasters that exceeded $1 billion in damage since 1980, but the agency halted the project amid funding cuts by the Trump administration.

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. The Los Angeles wildfires and severe spring thunderstorms are just ...

Hurricanes, tornadoes and other extreme weather do not distinguish between urban and rural boundaries. But when a disaster strikes, there are big differences in how well people are able to respond and ...