By Stacey Balsdon Hurricane Katrina hit ground in New Orleans in 2005, yet its magnitude and the devastation it caused has … More
Tag: natural disaster
A physical hazard and human problem
I-Hsien Porter This year’s hurricane season is drawing to a close, with the east coast of the USA receiving its … More
Meaning of Disaster
By Kelly Wakefield Hurrican Irene, the tropical storm which this week hit the headlines due to its path along the … More
New seismic fault found in Idaho, USA
By Richard Gravelle As Haiti continues to suffer following the January 2010 earthquake, and Christchurch, New Zealand is rebuilt, the … More
Can we ‘prove’ climate change?
I-Hsien Porter Referring to the ongoing heatwave in Russia and floods in Pakistan, a broadsheet newspaper recently printed an article … More
Recent Catastrophic Flooding
By Andy Hacket Pain This morning I typed “flooding” into Google News and, limiting the results to the last week, … More
Killing U.S. Nurseries
By Georgia Davis Conover As oil comes ashore on the US Gulf Coast from the British Petroleum drilling accident, the … More
21st Century Challenges: Natural Disasters
Announcing a new event in The Royal Geographical Society’s 21st Century Challenges series. The earth is a hazardous place; natural … More