With a series of typhoons causing widespread devastation across the country, a disaster scientist from the University of the Philippines has urged local government units and the general public to ...

There are approximately 172,000 parcels on Oahu. Currently, 15,000 parcels are located within special flood hazard areas.” ...

They then compiled the data to create a GIS format database, and generated natural hazard maps by analyzing information such as past earthquake events, average rainfall levels, land use maps and ...

Letters informing some Oregon property owners they are in areas of high wildfire hazard were supposed to go out over a month ...

A Napier man who got his insurance premiums reduced after he challenged a council flooding hazard map is calling for greater ...

Other notable expansions in the flood hazard map take place around the old airport and the SweetBay development, with much of the area now falling in the "X500" zone. There's also been significant ...

Deadly landslides are increasing around the world. But in parts of Alaska, maps of the hazards remain controversial. By Austyn Gaffney Photographs by Christopher Miller Austyn Gaffney traveled to ...