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Aug 19, 2023 7:30 AM CDT

Natural Disasters Hit These States Most

But it's good to be in New England

(Newser) - If it seems like all you're doing lately is reading about wildfires, floods, droughts, tornadoes, mudslides, earthquakes, and on and on and on, well, you're not alone. While it might seem like natural disasters are inescapable, the folks over at WalletHub crunched some data—going back to 1980—...

15M Are at Risk From
Sudden Glacial Floods

NEW STUDY

Feb 7, 2023 7:13 PM CST

15M Are at Risk From Sudden Glacial Floods

More than half of them are in 4 countries

(Newser) - As glaciers melt and pour massive amounts of water into nearby lakes, 15 million people across the globe live under the threat of a sudden and deadly outburst flood, a new study finds. More than half of those living in the shadow of the disaster called glacial lake outburst floods...

Report: 90% of US Counties Hit With Disaster in Last Decade

Only 1 in 10 Counties Was
Spared Disaster in Last Decade

Nov 16, 2022 3:14 PM CST

Only 1 in 10 Counties Was Spared Disaster in Last Decade

Report looks at weather-related disasters between 2011 and 2021

(Newser) - Some 90% of the counties in the United States suffered a weather disaster between 2011 and 2021, according to a report published Wednesday. Some endured as many as 12 federally declared disasters over those 11 years. More than 300 million people—93% of the country’s population—live in these...

We Aren't Ready for the Water a Cascadia Wave Would Bring

The Pacific Northwest Isn't
Ready for This Tsunami

Feb 13, 2022 3:00 PM CST

The Pacific Northwest Isn't Ready for This Tsunami

The evacuation options just aren't there for tens of thousands of people

(Newser) - "It’s going to dwarf the scale of any disaster we have ever had. We know it’s coming." So Chris Goldfinger of Oregon State University tells the New York Times . He's talking about a massive—think magnitude 9.0—quake along the Cascadia fault off the...

The Year's 10 Costliest Natural Disasters

10 Costliest Natural Disasters
in the World for 2021

Dec 27, 2021 12:01 PM CST

10 Costliest Natural Disasters in the World for 2021

Hurricane Ida in the US caused the most damage

(Newser) - The cost of weather disasters keeps going up. The UK charity Christian Aid is out with its annual snapshot, one that ranks the 10 worst such disasters of the year worldwide and pegs their total cost at more than $170 billion, reports the Guardian . The figure, up from $150 billion...

Another Body Found After
Devastating Landslide

Nov 21, 2021 8:45 AM CST

Another Body Found After Devastating Landslide

Drivers swept to their deaths off Canada highway

(Newser) - The British Columbia Coroners Service has confirmed the discovery of three more bodies near the village of Pemberton, bringing to four the number of people who died in a landslide caused by heavy rains that swept vehicles off the road. The search continues for a fifth body, chief coroner Lisa...

20 Missing in Catastrophic Japan Mudslide

Mudslide Levels Japan Town
With Dozens Feared Dead

Jul 4, 2021 5:30 AM CDT

Mudslide Levels Japan Town With Dozens Feared Dead

At least two were confirmed dead late Saturday

(Newser) - A gush of mud that swept away homes and cars in a resort town southwest of Tokyo left at least two people dead and about 20 missing, officials said Sunday. Ten people were rescued and as many as 80 homes buried in Atami, where hundreds of firefighters, military troops and...

26 Missing After
Their Homes Slid Away

Dec 30, 2020 8:44 AM CST

26 Missing After Their Homes Slid Away

Homes toppled into a deep ravine in landslide in Ask, Norway, early Wednesday

(Newser) - Twenty-six people are unaccounted for in a Norwegian town following a landslide early Wednesday. At least 10 people were injured when the landslide struck around 4am in the town of Ask in the Gjerdrum municipality, some 15 miles northeast of Oslo, per the Local . The landslide took out a road...

This State Is Knee-Deep
in Trouble ... Again

Oct 10, 2020 3:00 PM CDT

This State Is Knee-Deep in Trouble ... Again

Hurricane Delta adds insult to injury in Louisiana

(Newser) - The day after Hurricane Delta blew through besieged southern Louisiana, residents started the routine again: dodging overturned cars, trudging through knee-deep water to flooded homes with ruined floors and no power, and pledging to rebuild after the storm, the AP reports. Delta made landfall Friday evening near the coastal Louisiana...

Bank Warns of
Potential Disasters
Worse Than Pandemic

Bank Warns of Potential Disasters Worse Than Pandemic

Deutsche Bank says there is a 1 in 3 chance of a worse catastrophe in the next decade

(Newser) - Financial markets are starting to rebound from the coronavirus pandemic amid promising signs from world economies—but Deutsche Bank doesn't pay its analysts to be optimists. In a report issued Tuesday, those analysts warned that there is a one-in-three chance of an event even more devastating than the pandemic...

Soldiers, Firefighters Among
28 Dead in Avalanches

Feb 5, 2020 9:25 AM CST

Soldiers, Firefighters Among 28 Dead in Avalanches

Rescuers were searching for 2 people missing in earlier avalanche when another struck

(Newser) - One disaster has followed another in eastern Turkey, where rescuers are among at least 28 people killed in two avalanches. The first struck late Tuesday in an alpine area of Van province, burying a snow plow and a minibus, reports the AP . The bus operator was reportedly trapped for 25...

You've Seen His Crosses After
Tragedies. It Has Taken Its Toll

Dec 27, 2019 9:54 AM CST

You've Seen His Crosses After Tragedies. It Has Taken Its Toll

Greg Zanis retires from 23-year-old project honoring victims of national tragedies, after 27K crosses

(Newser) - An Illinois carpenter who's made tens of thousands of white crosses for victims of tragedies in the US—e.g., mass shootings , terror attacks, natural disasters—is finally turning in his hammer after more than two decades. Greg Zanis, who says he's built close to 27,000 crosses...

15 Years Later, Tsunami's
Toll Remains Mind-Boggling

Dec 26, 2019 10:10 AM CST

15 Years Later, Tsunami's Toll Remains Mind-Boggling

Survivors mark anniversary of disaster that claimed 230K lives in Indonesia, other nations

(Newser) - "It still haunts me." The line from 28-year-old Thai resident Suwanne Maliwan to Reuters expresses a common sentiment Thursday, the 15th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami that claimed 230,000 lives. Maliwan, for instance, lost both her parents and five other relatives. "Sometimes I dream that...

FEMA Struck by
a 'Major Privacy Incident'

Mar 23, 2019 9:10 AM CDT

FEMA Struck by a 'Major Privacy Incident'

Agency disclosed sensitive data of more than 2M disaster survivors, per DHS IG report

(Newser) - Survivors may still be picking up the pieces after the natural disasters that have swept across the country over the past couple of years, and now they have a new issue to contend with: the possibility of identity theft thanks to what the Federal Emergency Management Agency is calling a...

22 Tornadoes Smash Illinois

Dec 2, 2018 3:39 PM CST

22 Tornadoes Smash Illinois

Twister 'nightmare' appears in sync with recent study

(Newser) - Central Illinois is reeling after a Saturday rash of at least 22 tornadoes crushed houses, tore up trees, and took down power lines, CNN reports. It "feels like I woke up to a nightmare," says a man in Taylorville, the hardest-hit town. Officials say 21 people were hospitalized...

Anchorage Quake:
'This Was a Big One'

Dec 1, 2018 11:15 AM CST

Anchorage Quake: 'This Was a Big One'

Amazing that there were no fatalities

(Newser) - Lost power, cracked buildings, crumbled chimneys, broken water pipes—the 7.0 earthquake that rocked Anchorage Friday morning was, by one standard at least, its worst in 54 years. "I think it's safe to say that, not measured in magnitude or location but in terms of how strong...

Searches Intensify After
Another Body Turns Up

Oct 13, 2018 5:30 PM CDT

Searches Intensify After Another Body Turns Up

Rescuers continue to seek survivors in Mexico Beach, Fla.

(Newser) - Rescuers intensified efforts Saturday to find survivors who might be trapped amid the ruins of a small Florida Panhandle community nearly obliterated by Hurricane Michael, where one body has already been recovered, tempers are flaring, and power could be out for weeks, the AP reports. Crews with dogs went door-to-door...

Florence: 7 Dead,
Nearly 1M in the Dark

Sep 15, 2018 3:05 PM CDT

Florence: 7 Dead, Nearly 1M in the Dark

By the numbers, it's pretty grim

(Newser) - How do you measure a disaster like Florence? In sum, the storm is turning out to be every bit as devastating as forecasters expected, and it's far from done, with trillions of gallons of rain in the forecast, hundreds of people needing rescue, nearly a million power outages and...

History's Deadliest
Natural Disaster
Killed Millions

History's Deadliest Natural Disaster Killed Millions

LiveScience lists the worst ones on record

(Newser) - "The single-most powerful explosive event ever witnessed" took place somewhere between 1645 BC and 1500 BC, when the volcano Thera erupted on what's now the island of Santorini. LiveScience reports its power has been likened to that of an 1883 eruption in Indonesia that could be heard 3,...

Extreme Weather Seen
as Major 2018 Risk

Jan 17, 2018 7:22 AM CST

Extreme Weather Seen as Major 2018 Risk

World Economic Forum ranks them ahead of global forum

(Newser) - Humans are "pushing systems to the brink, from extinction-level rates of biodiversity loss to mounting concerns about the possibility of new wars," according to the World Economic Forum . On the upside, a stronger economic outlook means global leaders will have "a golden opportunity" to address some of...