Twenty-one dead, 150 injured and one neighborhood devastated, all because of delicious molasses. The Great Molasses Flood, also known as the Boston Molasses Disaster, took place almost 100 years ago, ...

Tornadoes are officially the scariest natural disaster, according to new research. A survey of 2,500 Americans split evenly by U.S. region found that regardless of where they live, the threat of a ...

Penny Gusner is a senior insurance writer and analyst at Forbes Advisor. For more than 20 years, she has been helping consumers learn how insurance laws, data, trends, and coverages affect them. Penny ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance. A new study by DJC Law sought to identify the most dangerous ...

Displacement may seem like a distant thought for many, but as the climate becomes more volatile and unpredictable, a growing percentage of Americans are forced to flee their homes in the wake of ...

Climate change is causing more frequent and devastating natural disasters. The goal of this paper is two-fold. First, it examines the dynamic effects of natural disasters on the growth of output and ...