Our ability to predict extreme weather from thunderstorms, like the recent catastrophic flash floods in Texas, is unsettlingly poor, even in the hours leading up to the event. Improvements in ...

Hazard Assessment, Vulnerability Analysis, Risk Assessment, and Rapid Health Assessment American Public Health Association 0 ...

More information: Sina Razzaghi Asl et al, Social vulnerability correlates of flood risk to crops and buildings, Natural Hazards (2025). DOI: 10.1007/s11069-025-07137-y ...

In a new paper in the journal Science, I and a team of scientists from 18 universities and the U.S. Geological Survey explain why hazard models – used to help communities prepare for disasters ...

Risk factors Here we summarize what is known about how climate change affects the various aspects of hurricane hazard, in roughly decreasing order of confidence. Precipitation.