Sebastien Junger on Disaster
Kurt Andersen and the writer Sebastian Junger talk about why our culture is drawn to the menace and beauty of natural disaster. Junger wrote The Perfect Storm, the best-selling nonfiction book about a...
View ArticleEarthquake
The 1994 Northridge Quake in California killed 56 people and caused $20 billion in damage. As scary as the ‘94 disaster was, one artist in Los Angeles found the aftermath in his apartment building...
View ArticleHurricane
The photographer Clifford Ross has spent several years chasing down hurricanes along the East Coast. Waist-deep in the stormy water, Ross captures the moment when the waves turn from ominous to...
View ArticleGalveston Residents: 'Show Me The Money!'
Two years ago, Galveston, Texas was hit hard by Hurricane Ike, leaving thousands of homes destroyed or badly damaged. Then about a year ago, over $160 million was released to the city to help residents...
View ArticleTornadoes Rip Through South; Hundreds Dead
Deadly tornadoes that ripped through the South on Wednesday claimed some 284 lives. Entire neighborhoods were flattened in the wake of the 160 tornadoes that touched down in six states. We speak with...
View ArticleMississippi Delta Prepares for More Flooding
All along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, people are packing up as the flood waters continue to rise, endangering their fields, their homes and their lives. The decision by the Army Corps of Engineers...
View ArticleAlabama Residents Rebuild After Tornadoes
The record number of violent tornadoes that tore through Alabama at the end of April killed hundreds and destroyed millions of dollars worth of property. So it's not a surprise that those communities...
View ArticleFEMA Wants $22 Million in Aid Back
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, better known as FEMA, is asking thousands of Americans to return more than $22 million in government aid. The agency claims that it doled that money...
View ArticleAlabama Tornado Spikes Homeless Population
Federal and state emergency officials in Alabama believe that the deadly tornadoes two weeks ago left as many as 10,000 residents homeless. In Tuscaloosa, the urban area hit hardest, people are...
View ArticleFlood Evacuees Find Shelter in 'Canadaville'
Mississippi floodwaters are forcing a wave of Americans to flee their homes. Fortunately for those living near Magnaville, Louisiana, there is hope for a new beginning. Situated 120 miles Northeast of...
View ArticleTornado-Ravaged Joplin, Mo. Begins Cleanup
On Sunday a deadly tornado devastated Joplin, Missouri; in its wake, a six mile path of destruction and at least 116 people dead. Today its people begin to survey the damage, as rescue efforts for...
View ArticleJoplin Mo. Faces $3 Billion Price Tag for Disaster
Sunday’s massive tornado left six miles of roads, buildings and homes flattened by 200 mile per hour winds and killed at least 122 people. With over 2000 damaged buildings, including a complete...
View ArticleTornado Survivors Hope to Find Missing Among the Living
There are more than 200 people still missing in Joplin, Missouri, the town hit by a massive tornado on Sunday. That number is down from the original 1500 persons listed in the wake of the destruction,...
View ArticleObama Visits Joplin, Mo. for Memorial Service
Sunday, President Obama visited Joplin, Missouri to assure tornado victims that their country would not forget them. The giant tornado killed as many as 136 and destroyed the homes of many more. The...
View ArticleStorm Tracker: Live Updates on Hurricane Irene's Path and Evacuation
Hurricane Irene is currently headed towards the East Coast of the U.S., and may have a major impact on a large swath of the eastern seaboard and some 65 million residents from North Carolina to Maine....
View ArticleMeasure The East Coast Earthquake's Intensity in Your Location
Yesterday's earthquake, centered in Virginia, shook communities up and down the East Coast. In Washington D.C., it damaged the National Cathedral. In New York, it gave thousands of office workers a...
View ArticleHigh Tide: Animals and Natural Disaster
Toto didn’t warn Dorothy that they were about to be swept off to Oz, but there is a general belief—to some extent supported by science—that animals can sense natural disasters ahead of time.Often noted...
View ArticleCoastal Residents Evacuate, Brace for Hurricane Irene
Hurricane Irene is charging toward the East Coast with Category 3 power, and meteorologists are warning people from North Carolina up to New England to prepare for the storm, and in some cases...
View ArticleFEMA Administrator W. Craig Fugate on Responding to Irene
As residents of the East Coast begin putting their lives back together after Tropical Storm Irene devastated homes and businesses across the region, questions are being asked about how prepared...
View ArticleBangkok Braces for Dangerous Floods
In Thailand, flooding has plagued large areas of the country since July, and now it appears to be headed for the city of Bangkok. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has issued an evacuation warning for...
View ArticleWithstanding a Hurricane: Lessons in Resilience
In July 2005, Daniel Aldrich and his wife had just moved to New Orleans with their two young children. They bought a new house, a new car, and Daniel had secured his first teaching job as a professor....
View ArticleCoastal Development Pre-Sandy
John Rudolf, national reporter for Huffington Post, discusses his new piece, which looks at the history of coastal development in NY and NJ, and how developers and officials ignored warnings about storms.
View ArticleTelecommunications and Competition
David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, Distinguished Visiting Lecturer at Syracuse University, and author of the forthcoming book The Fine Print: How Big Companies Use "Plain English"...
View ArticleWhy Do People Keep Having Children?
Even a brutal natural disaster doesn’t diminish our appetite for procreating. This surely means we’re heading toward massive overpopulation, right? Probably not.
View ArticleNow To Al Roker With The Weather... From 115 Years Ago
NBC weather personality Al Roker talks about the Great Gulf Hurricane of 1900, the deadliest natural disaster in American history. In less than twenty-four hours, one storm destroyed Galveston, Texas,...
View ArticlePakistan, Afghanistan Recover From Deadly Quake
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.On Monday, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake toppled homes and caused well over a hundred fatalities in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Now aid organizations...
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Ecuador looks to pick up pieces and rebuild after devastating earthquake
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: It’s been just over a month since a major earthquake devastated swathes of countryside and towns on Ecuador’s Pacific coast; 663 people are officially...
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News Wrap: House group proposes gun control bill; severe flooding in West...
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Good evening. I’m Judy Woodruff.On the “NewsHour” tonight:NIGEL FARAGE, Leader, UK Independence Party: The sun has risen on an independent United...
View Article[Update] Mighty Ike
As the country enters the peak of storm season this summer, we want to return to an issue we first talked about earlier this year. What would happen if a major hurricane hit Texas? The state is home to...
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News Wrap: Strong earthquake strikes Myanmar; militants bomb Afghan university
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: Five thousand miles away from Italy, another powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar today, killing at least four people. The 6.8-magnitude quake struck...
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Magnitude 6.2 earthquake destroys towns in central Italy, killing at least 159
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: In today’s early morning hours, Italy’s countryside was jolted awake by an earthquake, striking just beneath the surface and wreaking terrible havoc....
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Tornado-stricken Joplin now thrives, but emotional scars linger
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: Storms, hurricanes and natural disasters clearly test the fortitude of any area, as we’re seeing this weekend with Hermine, and just recently with the...
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Why Hermine is the first hurricane to hit U.S. soil in over a decade
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: With Hermine heading up the East Coast of the U.S., we take a closer look at the science and frequency of these hurricanes.William Brangham is back...
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U.S. officials brace for powerful hit from Hurricane Matthew
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Rescue workers in Haiti are struggling to reach victims of Hurricane Matthew tonight, while officials in the southeastern U.S. are urging residents to...
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Tijuana welcomes Haitian immigrants stuck at U.S.-Mexico border
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioThe post Tijuana welcomes Haitian immigrants stuck at U.S.-Mexico border appeared first on PBS NewsHour.
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Precarious Oroville Dam highlights challenges of California water management
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Now: The integrity of a major dam in California comes under threat, after days of historic rainfall in the region.William Brangham has our report.WILLIAM...
View ArticleAmerica’s ring of fire
Last fall, Reveal reporters predicted that wildfires would spread to new parts of the country, and to more densely populated areas. Now, we revisit that hour with a new story about Kansas, a state...
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