President Donald Trump approved major disaster declarations for three states on Oct. 23, while the Federal Emergency Management Agency denied similar requests from Illinois and Wisconsin that same day ...

This year’s extreme weather disasters have wreaked so much destruction that they collectively eclipse the annual GDP of more than 100 countries and come close to New York City’s massive budget, the ...

Cranes are the backbone of modern construction, but sometimes they collapse with devastating results. This video explains why crane failures happen, using historical examples to reveal the dangers of ...

The Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters Database, which the Trump administration “retired” in May, has relaunched outside of the government using the same methodology. In its first update at ...

Click the downloadable graphic: Billion-Dollar Disasters January - June 2025 The future of this database of the most costly U.S. weather and climate disasters was uncertain after the National Oceanic ...

Hours after an Atlantic hurricane came for Appalachia, many residents of rolling, tree-lined western Asheville, North Carolina, had nothing to do and nowhere to go. More than 1,000 roads were closed, ...

Researchers in Germany have developed an AI-backed semi-autonomous robot designed to support disaster relief operations by transporting heavy equipment across difficult terrain. The robot was made in ...

Engineering disasters serve as tragic but crucial learning opportunities for the advancement of safety standards and design principles. This collection of 15 catastrophic failures spans nearly 150 ...

Engage in Purdue University’s world-class mechanical engineering education that pushes the boundaries as our faculty and leaders in their respective fields, will guide you through transformative ...

Senate Democrats are seeking to revive a database that had tracked billion-dollar climate and weather disasters for decades until the Trump administration retired it in May. The National Oceanic and ...

That’s a big consideration when thinking about the best place to live. By Vince Dixon As natural disasters grow stronger and more frequent, data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency shows that ...