Natural Disasters

The I-95 backup shows how easily highways can become traps.

Last weekend’s earthquake was a catastrophe. But for the country’s political class, it came at exactly the right time.

“Collective” details how corruption sparked a fire and a political crisis.

The tsunami created a new debate over nuclear power.

The public can handle disasters better than lying leaders can.

Experts see catastrophe on the horizon, but nobody wants to pay the costs beforehand.

The insatiable appetite for disaster information is psychologically understandable—and politically dangerous.

The pandemic is the result of many bad choices.

COVID-19 is as American as apple pie now—and people are more likely to catch the virus from their neighbors than from foreigners.

Japanese women quickly realized that the disaster that struck their country nine years ago was an unprecedented opportunity to overcome discrimination.

China’s migrant workers are far less visible to the state than its middle class.

The historic tropical storm killed hundreds and left an area of more than 800 square miles covered in water.

Introducing hard-learned local wisdom into warning efforts could save thousands of lives.

The latest earthquake and tsunami could be a major setback for the country’s democracy.

The latest disaster in Indonesia shows the need for the global system put in place in the wake of 2004’s devastating waves.

Deadly diseases like Ebola and the avian flu are only one flight away. The U.S. government must start taking preparedness seriously.

As the monsoon season looms, hundreds of thousands of refugees are living in overcrowded Bangladeshi refugee camps at risk of an imminent cholera outbreak.

With a wave of corruption scandals sweeping out Latin American governments, is Mexico's next to fall?

Beware of radioactive pets, and don’t expect the feds to show up anytime soon.