In 2017, Bangladesh experienced the worst floods in recent decades. Based on a forecast and pre-defined trigger level, a Red Cross Red Crescent...

Storm surge and coastal flooding caused by tropical cyclones (hurricanes) and extratropical cyclones (nor'easters) pose a threat to communities along...

Extreme precipitation and runoff events, which often impact natural and social systems more than mean changes, generally occur over regional scales....

Climate change is already well underway and is considered by many to be the greatest risk currently facing humanity. Every year we are confronted...

Effective communication of climate change attribution information is critical to ensuring decision makers at all levels understand and are able to...

Social scientists have a long history of documenting disasters and natural extreme events’ behavioural response through the collection of perishable...

Disasters have much in common besides the devastation of lives and property they leave behind. They all teach some of the same hard lessons, whether...

River flooding is the costliest natural disaster in Europe. Global warming and continued development in flood prone areas will progressively increase...

Around one third of the EU population lives within 50 km of the coast. Extreme sea levels in Europe could rise by as much as one meter or more by the...