Catastrophic weather claimed the lives of hundreds of people in 2024 as increasingly severe natural disasters ripped across ...

Natural disasters, such as earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic activity, are a product of our planet’s geophysical forces and can have devastating effects on communities and ecosystems.

Natural disasters are profoundly destructive events, leaving a trail of injury, death, property damage, and economic loss in their wake. Examples of such events include earthquakes, hurricanes ...

In Japan, natural disasters occur frequently. Since the archipelago is situated along the Ring of Fire, an area where several tectonic plates meet, it is vulnerable to many natural disasters ...