Ohio faces a range of natural hazards, including floods, tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, winter storms, and, less frequently, earthquakes. While not typically associated with hurricanes, the state can experience residual effects like heavy... Read more »
Globally significant destructive events stemming from natural processes, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, droughts, wildfires, and storms, have profoundly impacted human populations and ecosystems over the past decade. These events vary... Read more »
Catastrophic events that cause widespread destruction and loss of life, profoundly impacting societies and leaving lasting legacies, can be categorized by their nature natural or human-induced. Examples include earthquakes, tsunamis, pandemics, industrial... Read more »
The Philippine archipelago’s location in the Pacific Ring of Fire and its tropical climate make it highly susceptible to a wide range of geophysical and hydrometeorological hazards. These include earthquakes, volcanic eruptions,... Read more »
Michigan, while not typically associated with large-scale catastrophic events like hurricanes or earthquakes, faces a range of potential hazards. These include severe thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes, large hail, and damaging winds;... Read more »
Numerous events, both natural and human-caused, disrupt American communities. These range from sudden, acute incidents like earthquakes, hurricanes, and wildfires to more gradual crises such as droughts, pandemics, and technological accidents. For... Read more »
Objective information regarding naturally occurring hazardous events, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, wildfires, and hurricanes, forms the basis for understanding their causes, impacts, and potential mitigation strategies. For instance, data on... Read more »
Footage of aviation accidents, ranging from amateur recordings to official investigative documentation, provides a visual record of these events. Such visual documentation can include recordings taken from within the aircraft, from ground... Read more »
Catastrophic events originating from natural forces have caused significant loss of life and widespread destruction across the United States. These events encompass a range of hazards, including hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires, tornadoes,... Read more »
Geographic locations experiencing a high frequency of naturally occurring hazardous events, such as floods, wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes, are often subject to significant societal and economic impacts. For example, coastal regions... Read more »