Manmade or technological disasters are unpredictable, can spread across geographical boundaries, may be unpreventable, and may have limited physical damage but long-term effects. Some disasters in ...

You’ve probably noticed that disasters seem to be getting weirder and more intense. Every time you turn on the news, there’s another earthquake, hurricane, or wildfire that seems worse than the last.

More and more people are building their homes in woodland settings in or near forests, rural areas, or remote mountain sites. As residential areas expand into relatively untouched wildlands, these ...