Tornadoes are officially the scariest natural disaster, according to new research. A survey of 2,500 Americans split evenly by U.S. region found that regardless of where they live, the threat of a ...

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. The Los Angeles wildfires and severe spring thunderstorms are just ...

A former Charleston resident is coordinating relief efforts in Sri Lanka after a cyclone killed 355 people and left even more ...

Hurricane Melissa's impacts were dramatic enough on their own. But sharks winding through flooded city streets? Cascading landslides taking out entire towns? Those images were the work of artificial ...

Apple CEO Tim Cook has promised the company will donate to relief efforts in Asia, after natural disasters hit Indonesia, ...

Last year was one of the worst years for U.S. natural disasters, according to researchers, as the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) future remains uncertain. Major disaster declarations, ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. North Carolina is reeling from its worst natural disaster since 1900. While forecasts ...

There seems to be headlines about floods, wildfires, or hurricanes every week. Scientists say this might be the new normal — that climate change is making natural disasters more and more common.

What an unbelievable week when it comes to natural disasters. Residents of the great state of Texas faced record rainfall and catastrophic flooding, one of the worst natural disasters our country has ...

Unfortunately, natural disasters can happen anywhere, and at anytime. The last sad example is the earthquake in Turkey.