Earthquakes are among the most formidable natural disasters, striking with little warning and causing widespread devastation.

THIS weekend, we witnessed with horror the devastation wrought by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake on Myanmar which shook the ...

In the Philippines, Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said ... He says the organisation has developed hazard maps to highlight safe zones around the volcano and those most at risk. Implementing a ...

MULTI-STOREY buildings are being constructed near Kumarhatti, despite the area falling under high-seismic Zone IV. This trend is alarming and could lead to massive loss of life and property in the ...

2007-2011 Fire Hazard Severity Zones Once the hazard zone maps are released by the state, local jurisdictions can adopt them or amend them by increasing the hazard level for particular areas.

Investing in free, open-access data and tools and ensuring interoperability between tools can help advocates seamlessly ...

Two months after the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history, Cal Fire has released updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for the county. The surveys use various criteria to identify ...

Singapore lies a few hundred kilometers east of the high seismic hazard Sunda megathrust zone, which produced the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that killed nearly 230,000 people.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection released updated fire-hazard severity-zone maps for Los Angeles County for the first time in over a decade on Monday, adding more than ...