natural disaster

New Orleans Wary as Police Aim at Looting After Ida

By Josiah Bates

How To Help Hurricane Ida Victims

By Madeleine Carlisle

How Power Lines Have Changed the History of the American Wildfire—And Could Change It Again

By Stephen J. Pyne / History News Network

Star-Studded Malibu Forced to Evacuate After Threat From Ferocious California Wildfire

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A Look Back at Asia's Most Devastating Earthquakes

Some of the world's deadliest — and costliest — quakes were in Asia. Here's a look back at eight of them

By Feliz Solomon and Suyin Haynes August 10, 2018

The Way America Fights Wildfires Changed 30 Years Ago — But People Keep Making the Situation Worse

"Wallace Stegner once observed that California was like the rest of the country, only more so. That has proved true for its fires as well"

By Stephen J. Pyne / History News Network August 6, 2018

FEMA Chief Blamed for Katrina Response Says the Same Problems Are Happening in Puerto Rico

Former FEMA leader Michael Brown says some in Puerto Rico "haven't learned" the lessons of Katrina

By Justin Worland October 18, 2017

How California Changed the Way the World Fights Fires

Most of California is built to burn: it has fires to match its mountains

By Steve Pyne / History News Network October 16, 2017

Where Hurricane Maria Fits in the History of Puerto Rico

"It takes a crisis of major proportions like the one we’re facing now for the federal authorities to pay attention," says one expert

By Lily Rothman September 28, 2017

How Colonial Systems Hurt the Caribbean's Ability to Weather Hurricanes

In the wake of Hurricane Irma we are reminded that the effects of natural disasters are never entirely natural

By Oscar Webber / History Today September 27, 2017

Where 2017's Hurricanes Fit in the Long History of American Climate Confusion

"Our circumstances have changed a lot since early colonial times and the Little Ice Age. Unfortunately, our thinking about climate hasn’t"

By Sam White / History News Network September 18, 2017

The Woman Who Helped Change How Hurricanes Are Named

U.S. weather officials have been giving hurricanes human names since the 1940s, but the original naming system drew the anger of activists

By Olivia B. Waxman September 6, 2017

How Texas Rebuilt After the Deadliest Hurricane in U.S. History

It hit Galveston in 1900

By Olivia B. Waxman August 29, 2017

These Storms Changed History

For thousands of years, storms have messed with human plans

By John Withington / History News Network October 21, 2016
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