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Natural Disasters

Keeping you updated on the latest news about hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes, and more.

How to prepare for another season of wildfire smoke

By Li Zhou

Something weird is happening with tornadoes

By Li Zhou

How La Niña will shape heat and hurricanes this year

By Umair Irfan

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Climate change is disrupting our sense of home

By Paige Vega

What to do during an earthquake, for people who rarely experience them

By Umair Irfan

Taiwan’s earthquake preparedness saved a lot of lives — and prevented a catastrophe for the global tech economy

By Bryan Walsh

Texas fires happen in the winter. Just never at this scale before.

By Umair Irfan

How California’s torrential, life-threatening storms got so bad

By Umair Irfan

A traumatized Maui will soon resume selling paradise to tourists

By Frances Nguyen

The “new abnormal”: The rise of extreme flooding, briefly explained

By Li Zhou

The extraordinary need for disaster warning systems, explained

By Umair Irfan

The political failures behind Libya’s deadly flooding

By Jonathan Guyer

How rescuers find survivors after deadly earthquakes

By Neel Dhanesha

What we know about Morocco’s deadly earthquake

By Ellen Ioanes

A Florida hurricane and shooting are testing Ron DeSantis

By Nicole Narea

Why Hurricane Idalia is so dangerous, explained in 7 maps

By Umair Irfan and Benji Jones

Hurricane Hilary soaked an already wet California. Is the drought over?

By Benji Jones

Why Hurricane Hilary is so strange — and how it has impacted California

By Ellen Ioanes and Nicole Narea

What I saw after the wildfires on Maui

By J. Matt

This strange hurricane season may take a turn for the worse

By Umair Irfan

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The surprisingly subtle recipe making heat waves worse

By Umair Irfan

There’s no such thing as a disaster-resistant place anymore

By Rachel DuRose

How to make your indoor air better when it’s smoky outside

By Keren Landman, MD

Why some of the US has the most polluted air in the world right now

By Rachel DuRose

Dirty air can be deadly. Here’s how to protect yourself.

By Rebecca Leber
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How these buildings made the Turkey and Syria earthquakes so deadly

By Rajaa Elidrissi

Why earthquakes are deadlier depending on where you live

By Rachel DuRose

Deadly earthquakes in Turkey and Syria will add to the region’s humanitarian struggles

By Jen Kirby

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Turkey and Syria earthquakes: Aftermath and updates on the humanitarian crisis

By Vox Staff

How you can help the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria

By Kelsey Piper

California’s deadly floods won’t break the megadrought

By Neel Dhanesha

Hurricane Ian is about to crash into a very crowded Florida

By Umair Irfan

The real reason a heat wave is pushing California’s power grid to its limits

By Neel Dhanesha

How melting glaciers fueled Pakistan’s fatal floods

By Benji Jones

The flooding in Pakistan is a climate catastrophe with political roots

By Jonathan Guyer

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We talk about heat waves in a weird way

By Neel Dhanesha

Where climate change has brought too much water — and too little

By Neel Dhanesha

It’s so hot in Europe that roads are literally buckling

By Neel Dhanesha and Benji Jones

Europe is burning like it’s 2052

By Umair Irfan

Why disasters are getting more severe but killing fewer people

By Umair Irfan

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