Often, local government units suspend classes to please constituents without fully weighing the long-term consequences. It’s ...

At 10:16 a.m. local time on October 16, millions of people will be practicing how to properly drop, cover, and hold on. You ...

Structural integrity is an important part of resilience, but not the only one. Buildings can resist ground shaking with no ...

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in the Philippines called for investments in disaster risk reduction (DRR) to make the country’s most ...

Driving during an earthquake can be particularly hazardous. Here’s how to navigate this situation: Slow down and pull over to a safe area, avoiding overpasses, bridges, power lines, and large trees.

Authorities briefly issued tsunami warnings after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake in the Drake Passage but withdrew them within an hour, citing deep, rough waters that reduce the risk of coastal impact.

Extreme weather events, such as hurricanes, winter storms, and tornadoes, have become a major cause of large-scale electric ...

The ACT leader says he was the lone MP in 2016 who stood against the the Earthquake-prone Buildings law, which he labelled as ...

Indonesian rescue teams are frantically searching for scores of young students buried for two days under concrete rubble ...

Falls are inevitable, but new research proves that with practice, you can lower your risk of fractures and head trauma.

If and when a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake hits the Portland region, soil liquefaction could dramatically worsen the damage, leading buildings to tilt, roads to buckle and utility lines to ...

In the aftermath of the Magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck Cebu province, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) urged local government units (LGUs) nationwide to adopt advanced disaster ...