Blog (Natural disasters)

People search through the rubble of collapsed buildings in La Guaira, Venezuela.
Natural Disasters

Venezuela earthquakes highlight the limits of early warning systems

Ravindra Jayaratne
4 min read
AI, smartphones and seismic sensors show promise, but can’t overcome physics or poor infrastructure
Summer’s new normal is a hazard that’s testing Europe’s climate resilience
Climate Change

Summer’s new normal is a hazard that’s testing Europe’s climate resilience

Júlia de Freitas Sampaio
3 min read
As lethal heatwaves become routine, Europe scrambles to adapt cities built for a cooler past
India’s framework on weather data collection & sharing needs focus: Experts highlight key issues 
Natural Disasters

India’s framework on weather data collection & sharing needs focus: Experts highlight key issues 

Gauri Arora
4 min read
Stakeholders call for better data integration, stronger public-private partnerships & clearer policies
In the mountains, disasters do not start with collapse. They begin when warnings that have been passed remain unheeded
A building damaged by the 2024 landslide in Wayanad.
Days of heavy rain caused a levee on the White River in King County to breach
Minutes that save lives: Inside India’s tsunami early warning system
Disaster after disaster: do we have enough raw materials to ‘build back better’?
When disaster becomes a festival: Rethinking media coverage of the Wayanad landslide
2025’s extreme weather had the jet stream’s fingerprints all over it, from flash floods to hurricanes
Warm oceans seem to be turning even ‘weak’ cyclones into deadly rainmakers
Flooding in Houston after Hurricane Beryl in 2024.
True forest fire management must begin not with extinguishing flames, but with understanding the people who light them
No time to recover: Hurricane Melissa and the Caribbean’s compounding disaster trap as the storms keep coming
Cyclones, caste, and the price of dignity: When Odisha’s fisherwomen refuse shelter
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