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The second-largest volcanic eruption of this century, and by far the largest eruption to affect a densely populated area, occurred at Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines on June 15, 1991. The eruption produced high-speed avalanches of hot ash and gas, giant

The 1991 eruptions of Mount Pinatubo and subsequent widespread lahars are signal events both in volcanology and volcanic hazards mitigation.

Tropical cyclones are among the most devastating of all natural hazards. Their potential for wrecking havoc caused by their violent winds, torrential rainfall and associated storm surges, floods, tornadoes and mud-slides is aggravated by their severity

The tropical cyclone warning service is an interdepartmental effort to provide
the United States and designated international recipients with forecasts, warnings, and assessments concerning tropical and subtropical weather systems. The National Oceanic

Series in psychosocial stress.

Disaster mental health is a growing field of practice designed to help victims and relief workers learn to effectively cope with the extreme stresses they will face in the aftermath of a disaster. The goal of disaster

A comprehensive investigation was carried out to identify the regions affected by different cyclone events. The observations of historical cyclone events are sparse globally, which forced this investigation to estimate the radial wind speed profile by

While GCMs do simulate tropical cyclone-like vortex tracks in the southern
Indian Ocean, they do not capture well those which make landfall in southern Africa.The feasibility of using a nested modeling system to produce seasonal tropical cyclone forecasts

Hurricane Katrina is the most costly natural disaster ever to strike the United States, and the deadliest since the Lake Okeechobee disaster (hurricane) of September, 1928. In addition, Katrina was one of the strongest storms to impact the coast of the