<![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Natural-disasters ]]> https://www.livescience.com/tag/natural-disasters Tue, 02 Sep 2025 16:43:17 +0000 en <![CDATA[ See what would happen to Tokyo if Mount Fuji erupted 'without any warning' in new AI-generated video ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/volcanos/see-what-would-happen-to-tokyo-if-mount-fuji-erupted-without-any-warning-in-new-ai-generated-video LJ6oM5cRzuZdgn966QZ7QX Tue, 02 Sep 2025 16:43:17 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:33:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Now is the time': Hurricane category 6 could be introduced under new storm severity scale ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/hurricanes/now-is-the-time-hurricane-category-6-could-be-introduced-under-new-storm-severity-scale qy7ts54nquZeiaYDgZMi6X Thu, 28 Aug 2025 18:24:28 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:26:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Above normal' conditions could bring as many as 10 hurricanes to the US this summer ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/hurricanes/noaa-predicting-an-above-normal-hurricane-season eudvNQhzjnKycaHUaCt9XR Fri, 23 May 2025 15:53:34 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:52:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Gravity waves' from Hurricane Helene seen rippling through the sky in new NASA images ]]> https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/gravity/gravity-waves-from-hurricane-helene-seen-rippling-through-the-sky-in-new-nasa-images N2Z3YU8HTtMsd8c7fLzxNM Sat, 09 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:34:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ Here's why storm surge during hurricanes can be so catastrophic ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/hurricanes/heres-why-storm-surge-during-hurricanes-can-be-so-catastrophic MYyVAu4qyyGQtXYbDovRn4 Wed, 09 Oct 2024 18:05:56 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:34:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ Here's why Morocco's quake was so deadly — and what we can do for the next one ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/earthquakes/heres-why-moroccos-quake-was-so-deadly-and-what-we-can-do-for-the-next-one 3jgVd7PHRGme6wUDXcuSfm Mon, 11 Sep 2023 16:58:03 +0000 Wed, 09 Jul 2025 09:44:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ Extinction-level asteroid impacts could be far more common than we thought, controversial study suggests ]]> https://www.livescience.com/extinction-level-asteroid-impacts-could-be-far-more-common-than-we-thought-controversial-study-suggests Shei4avpy4Lorzi4xooAjP Wed, 22 Mar 2023 20:30:39 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:00:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 21 largest recorded earthquakes in history ]]> https://www.livescience.com/largest-recorded-earthquakes-in-history RHUWdwYXR9f4Q39namT3g7 Fri, 27 Jan 2023 17:16:15 +0000 Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:16:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ Best disaster movies: volcanoes, asteroids, and human-made calamities ]]> https://www.livescience.com/best-disaster-movies dNV2T7KQnfXY4gJxpJ5SDF Thu, 19 Jan 2023 13:30:34 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:37:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ Peer into Hurricane Ian’s 'eye' in this photo that an astronaut snapped from space ]]> https://www.livescience.com/inside-eye-hurricane-ian-space hESmbjiQi9TzQZrXxdBg9X Thu, 29 Sep 2022 20:39:07 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:54:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ Hurricane Ian stayed strong after smashing into Cuba. Why? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/hurricane-ian-intensity-after-cuba skEPxvUTF5WKwsuwU3bGGP Wed, 28 Sep 2022 20:52:09 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:29:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ Which hurricane caused the most damage? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/which-hurricane-caused-most-damage bRJruzLEmCYfAChK6Ce6SE Fri, 23 Sep 2022 09:00:00 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:49:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ 9 million told to evacuate after super typhoon Nanmadol slams southern Japan, heads toward Tokyo ]]> https://www.livescience.com/super-typhoon-nanmadol-japan rxibnTPwNtBjtY5bzANa87 Mon, 19 Sep 2022 18:11:34 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:28:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ Hurricane Fiona hits the Dominican Republic after wiping out Puerto Rico's power grid ]]> https://www.livescience.com/hurricane-fiona-puerto-rico-dominican-republic HUQgZjTBN4LnDQV5N7LEZm Mon, 19 Sep 2022 15:46:17 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:31:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ Video shows raging floods surging in Yellowstone ]]> https://www.livescience.com/yellowstone-flood-damage MbrxQTswY4jw4HbARFn9KN Mon, 25 Jul 2022 18:19:44 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:52:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ Magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits Afghanistan, killing at least 1,000 ]]> https://www.livescience.com/earthquake-eastern-afghanistan-june-2022 mH2Y6RgfQ9SiBoLULqWFrQ Wed, 22 Jun 2022 17:00:05 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:39:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ Humanity locked in a 'spiral of self-destruction' unless we change our perception of risk, UN says ]]> https://www.livescience.com/un-humanity-spiral-self-destruction V8sBKzi9AFKcyzbohRVcR8 Fri, 29 Apr 2022 18:03:57 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:52:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ 14 of the deadliest natural disasters in history ]]> https://www.livescience.com/33316-top-10-deadliest-natural-disasters.html C9i2RQtrhzQBDdeuNkNLRS Thu, 03 Mar 2022 16:24:13 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:00:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ 50 interesting facts about Earth ]]> https://www.livescience.com/19102-amazing-facts-earth.html X63thhRQfmj5JZJobUzDvW Fri, 04 Feb 2022 11:25:09 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:00:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ancient solar storm smashed Earth at the wrong part of the sun's cycle — and scientists are concerned ]]> https://www.livescience.com/ancient-solar-storm-solar-minimum xDkkjQYYem28kQpeTmznSG Fri, 28 Jan 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:56:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ 13 of the biggest natural disasters in history ]]> https://www.livescience.com/biggest-natural-disasters-throughout-history jHo5WfcJ78cmJxBbAkbj4P Thu, 18 Nov 2021 15:22:29 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:55:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ More than 1,000 earthquakes swarmed Yellowstone Park last month. Is 'the big one' nearing? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/yellowstone-earthquake-swarm-july-2021 V2NtWJRKFVaJfpSeiWWmFa Thu, 05 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:31:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ignoring climate change will yield 'untold suffering,' panel of 14,000 scientists warns ]]> https://www.livescience.com/earth-vital-signs-climate-change-suffering.html FjGBbv9Nj4VfDoNheKhmz Wed, 28 Jul 2021 10:14:41 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:31:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ Huge sinkhole bursts open near underwater 'blowhole' in South Australian coast ]]> https://www.livescience.com/huge-sinkhole-bursts-open-near-underwater-blowhole-in-south-australian-coast.html 2ZaowQxSts9UWrnuiphPwD Mon, 14 Jun 2021 16:31:55 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:58:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ What was the deadliest day in US history? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/deadliest-day-america.html 6sgTVgthXDDYQRUNU5qahd Sun, 06 Jun 2021 11:00:10 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:58:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ Millions of tons of nuclear wastewater from Fukushima will be dumped into the sea ]]> https://www.livescience.com/fukushima-dump-radioactive-water-into-the-pacific.html oFxrnaW4fsjQboa5D6nF9U Wed, 14 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:58:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ 18 dead and hundreds missing in catastrophic Himalayan avalanche ]]> https://www.livescience.com/himalaya-flood-india-destroys-dam.html WMw9gcK98dmyznzLnJj9A3 Tue, 09 Feb 2021 13:20:04 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:50:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ The planet is dying faster than we thought ]]> https://www.livescience.com/ghastly-future-global-crises.html UaGA2LovsVqtnu62TpsvBK Fri, 15 Jan 2021 13:07:02 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:50:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ 13 ways the Earth showed its wrath in 2020 ]]> https://www.livescience.com/worst-natural-disasters-2020.html 43Jvx4DpupfQsEv6sHFvyJ Thu, 24 Dec 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:50:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones: Earth's tropical windstorms ]]> https://www.livescience.com/22177-hurricanes-typhoons-cyclones.html 2UwfKHgcYMZvMNMuCJdoYD Thu, 01 Oct 2020 18:42:18 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:53:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ Record-breaking 2.2 million acres burned by California wildfires ]]> https://www.livescience.com/california-wildfires-record-breaking.html WWLbiNBJSxqqvB7nh6rfhB Tue, 08 Sep 2020 19:54:27 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:45:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ Record-setting Hurricane Laura kills 4, leaves trail of destruction across Louisiana ]]> https://www.livescience.com/laura-hurricane-disaster.html 2BW2rKWi4Urqy4BTWbMVRa Thu, 27 Aug 2020 20:01:14 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:52:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ Steaming river of black sludge floods through Arizona ]]> https://www.livescience.com/debris-flow-flash-flood-bighorn-pima-arizona.html 6aoYc2wEjeoFXBsX4xk9dK Mon, 20 Jul 2020 16:17:02 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:57:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ Philippines Volcano Could Erupt Again in Hours or Days, Threatening a Million People ]]> https://www.livescience.com/taal-volcano-philippines-could-erupt-again.html eSQDUZwz84BEsas4QrCpuE Mon, 13 Jan 2020 18:08:56 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:51:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ A Violent Tornado Hit Dallas Last Night, Throwing Debris 3 Miles High ]]> https://www.livescience.com/dallas-texas-tornado-2019.html GFfaE8Wu5uKeJFCoimkV9M Mon, 21 Oct 2019 20:07:27 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:36:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ This Quiet Fault in Southern California Hadn't Moved in 500 Years. Now It's Slipping. ]]> https://www.livescience.com/earthquakes-cause-fault-to-slip-in-california.html mcxMAo4Ut7JyJD8t2E44z3 Fri, 18 Oct 2019 14:22:05 +0000 Fri, 18 Oct 2019 14:34:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Epic 'Terminator' Events Could Result in Gargantuan Solar Tsunamis, New Studies Suggest ]]> https://www.livescience.com/66055-terminator-creates-solar-tsunamis.html x5KgaEC4XPkRgwoSa2qpKJ Tue, 30 Jul 2019 10:53:24 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:51:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ New Orleans Braces for Intense Floods As Tropical Storm Barry Rolls In ]]> https://www.livescience.com/65923-tropical-storm-barry-new-orleans-flooding.html x6UKbZS2RPY5QvhvPkaXei Fri, 12 Jul 2019 12:59:47 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:35:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pakistan's 'Earthquake Island' Has Vanished ]]> https://www.livescience.com/65910-mud-volcano-island-disappears.html rGPaTzdApikfhrzNVTszGM Thu, 11 Jul 2019 10:51:00 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:26:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ SoCal Has An 8% Chance of Another Huge Quake This Week ]]> https://www.livescience.com/65893-big-socal-earthquake-odds.html sR7MDKCyS2ZzpDD86F8wfM Mon, 08 Jul 2019 20:47:52 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:26:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Science Behind Washington's Scary 'Flash Flood Emergency' ]]> https://www.livescience.com/65888-washington-dc-virginia-flash-floods.html 3V28pxx63yvr3EXXSmJVLh Mon, 08 Jul 2019 17:50:13 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:54:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ An Even Larger Quake Just Rocked Southern California. Experts Say the Fault System Is Growing. ]]> https://www.livescience.com/65883-bigger-quake-strikes-southern-california.html tanQQoMuGqFdmBFuKasPdW Sat, 06 Jul 2019 06:16:54 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:26:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ As Aftershocks Rattle Southern California, a More Powerful Earthquake Could Soon Strike, Experts Warn ]]> https://www.livescience.com/65876-aftershocks-ridgecrest-earthquake-coming.html pSDRXEtzdBFaAmJLMbJB6Z Fri, 05 Jul 2019 17:43:53 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:26:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ Satellite Image Captures a Total Solar Eclipse and a Hurricane in One Awesome Shot ]]> https://www.livescience.com/65862-total-solar-eclipse-hurricane-barbara-photo.html CDzNHpNFWMUn5vygxpm7P8 Wed, 03 Jul 2019 15:32:36 +0000 Wed, 24 Jul 2024 15:08:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ Human Civilization Will Crumble by 2050 If We Don't Stop Climate Change Now, New Paper Claims ]]> https://www.livescience.com/65633-climate-change-dooms-humans-by-2050.html myXPj692kZMREky3cD7ifJ Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:26:08 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:26:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ Powerful Tornadoes Rip Through Midwest, the Plains, Leaving Trail of Destruction ]]> https://www.livescience.com/65584-strong-tornadoes-midwest-plains.html aRZCu6C2Dxw3zgGakD8pFf Wed, 29 May 2019 13:52:47 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:25:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ Why Thousands of Aftershocks of a 1959 Earthquake Just Rumbled Through Yellowstone 60 Years Later ]]> https://www.livescience.com/65575-earthquake-aftershocks-hit-yellowstone-six-decades-later.html zYVPA3BaHC5jevisKFq7RX Tue, 28 May 2019 16:28:18 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:25:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ Violent Tornadoes and Flooding Are Expected in Oklahoma and Texas Tonight ]]> https://www.livescience.com/65523-tornado-watch-oklahoma.html vYHF5V4VqaP4d4hkZyPd8J Mon, 20 May 2019 21:37:11 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:25:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ A Massive 'Blob' of Rock Stretching Under Asia Might Be Triggering Hundreds of Earthquakes ]]> https://www.livescience.com/65482-hindu-kush-earthquake-blob.html niJPCvzv4oYjkqbLrswW9W Wed, 15 May 2019 14:15:52 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:25:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ Retracted Study: How a Volcano in Japan Halted an Earthquake ]]> https://www.livescience.com/56571-how-volcano-stops-an-earthquake.html Q2x2EBQvHHU9sfkkW34VG Fri, 10 May 2019 15:45:00 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:36:22 +0000