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Natural Disasters

Keeping you updated on the latest news about hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes, and more.

How to make your indoor air better when it’s smoky outside

By Keren Landman

Why some of the US has the most polluted air in the world right now

By Rachel DuRose

Dirty air can be deadly. Here’s how to protect yourself.

By Rebecca Leber
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How these buildings made the Turkey and Syria earthquakes so deadly

By Rajaa Elidrissi

Why earthquakes are deadlier depending on where you live

By Rachel DuRose

Deadly earthquakes in Turkey and Syria will add to the region’s humanitarian struggles

By Jen Kirby

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Turkey and Syria earthquakes: Aftermath and updates on the humanitarian crisis

By Vox Staff

How you can help the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria

By Kelsey Piper

California’s deadly floods won’t break the megadrought

By Neel Dhanesha

Hurricane Ian is about to crash into a very crowded Florida

By Umair Irfan

The real reason a heat wave is pushing California’s power grid to its limits

By Neel Dhanesha

How melting glaciers fueled Pakistan’s fatal floods

By Benji Jones

The flooding in Pakistan is a climate catastrophe with political roots

By Jonathan Guyer

We talk about heat waves in a weird way

By Neel Dhanesha

Where climate change has brought too much water — and too little

By Neel Dhanesha

It’s so hot in Europe that roads are literally buckling

By Neel Dhanesha and Benji Jones

Europe is burning like it’s 2052

By Umair Irfan

Why disasters are getting more severe but killing fewer people

By Umair Irfan

How to think about hurricane recovery, according to 3 experts

By Daniel A. Gross

What do hurricane categories mean?

By Ellen Ioanes

Hurricane Ida could ravage the Covid-strained Gulf Coast

By Ellen Ioanes

A 6,000-year-dormant Icelandic volcano just erupted — and it’s awesome

By Anya van Wagtendonk

The Texan dream of going it alone was never real

By Aaron Hedge

Why some Texans are facing catastrophic electric bills after a winter storm

By Cameron Peters

“It’s criminal”: A Texas community left without aid in the cold

An Austin organizer explains how the Texas freeze left her already vulnerable community in crisis.

By Nicole Narea

Much of Texas has power back — but it still faces water and food shortages

By Cameron Peters

Biden approves a major disaster declaration for Texas

By Ella Nilsen

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Texas winter storm brings extreme cold, widespread power outages 

By Vox Staff

Spain is still digging itself out from its worst snowstorm in 50 years

By Jariel Arvin

2020 ties for the hottest year on record

By Jariel Arvin

Natural disasters are increasing. The world’s poorest are left to fend for themselves.

By Jariel Arvin

Death toll from 7.0-magnitude earthquake near Greece and Turkey rises to over 80

By Jariel Arvin

Typhoon Molave battered the Philippines. Vietnam is next.

By Jariel Arvin

Why Trump flip-flopped on California disaster relief

By Cameron Peters

“It just looks like a bomb went off”: Louisianians on recovering from Hurricane Laura

By Jen Kirby

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The survivors

A year after the Camp Fire nearly leveled Paradise, California, the money is drying up and a lawsuit rages. Can recovery efforts ever return a community to its old self?

By Colleen Hagerty

The Paradise fire is catastrophic. And the wildfire threat to California is only growing.

By Umair Irfan

California’s newly homeless fire victims face the state’s severe housing shortage

By Umair Irfan

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Hurricane Michael threatens the Florida Panhandle

By Vox Staff

FEMA is testing a new “presidential alerts” system that sends messages to your phone

By Emily Stewart