A message pops up half an hour past three in the afternoon. It's not one of the usual notifications from local mobile service providers or a bank reminder about a loan you don't need. It's a message ...
For communities and nations across Asia and the Pacific, climate-related disasters are no longer distant threats – they are daily realities. Steppe wildfires in Mongolia, floods in Cambodia, lightning ...
By Dronelife Features Editor Jim Magill A catastrophic flash flood, which inundated a large swath of the Central Texas Hill Country in the early-morning hours of July 4, 2025, claimed the lives 135 ...
Cyclone Ditwah has brought Sri Lanka’s disaster preparedness under serious scrutiny and resulted in blistering attacks on the ...
The system wasn't working when a tsunami struck Sunday, killing hundreds. Tsunamis have devastated the shorelines of Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries before, but the subsequent deaths and ...
CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. Flash floods in Texas Hill Country killed at least 130 people earlier this month, while New Mexico, New York, and New ...
As Central Texas reels from flash floods that killed over 100 people this weekend, questions are sharpening about whether officials could have done more to avert the tragedy – both in the decades ...