Natural disasters are a fact of life. There's no controlling Mother Nature, and her wrath can, at times, be staggering. Last year, natural disasters—from droughts in Africa and Russia to ...

Better disaster policy means protecting taxpayers, encouraging responsible development, and letting private individuals — not the government — decide whether to take on risk.

A new study by DJC Law sought to identify the most dangerous U.S. states for natural disasters by analyzing the frequency of wildfires, tornadoes and floods. Data was sourced from governmental ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Christian Weller is an economist focused on retirement inequality. The burden of climate change and the associated natural disasters that ...

It’s hard to see beyond the finger-pointing over the deadly, costly California wildfires to judge what broader lessons we might draw from ... in areas prone to natural disasters -- an issue ...