Twenty years ago, on Dec. 26, 2004, a tsunami arising in the Indian Ocean devastated areas of Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, ...

So when National Geographic published its annual Best Places to Travel report for 2025, unveiling 25 global destinations, we knew the ideal way to explore some of these spots would be to hear from ...

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As Congress hammers out disaster aid funding in the final days of the lame-duck session, advocates are pressing lawmakers to include $2.3 billion for more than two dozen national parks damaged by ...

In a year set to be declared the hottest on record, natural disasters caused $310 billion in economic losses globally in 2024, as climate change increasingly takes its toll, Swiss Re said Thursday.

To be sure, President Obama has declared disaster zones, freeing up federal-response money for people in the affected area. And, when done with his vacation, he did visit the area. The visit also ...