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Natural disasters
Natural disasters news and analysis from The Nation
February 19, 2021
What’s happening in Texas is not an indicator that renewable energy is less reliable—it’s a signal that our infrastructure is frighteningly unprepared for extreme weather.
September 22, 2020
Climate change made Hurricane Dorian a monster that pummeled the Bahamas’s Haitian minority. Human cruelty made its aftermath brutal. Both could have been prevented.
August 6, 2020
Tropical Storm Isaías is a warning for what could come as disaster preparedness funds continue to be squandered.
July 1, 2020
Scenes from a pandemic: 14
May 13, 2020
Amid a pandemic, FEMA and HUD must be ready to provide renters with safe homes.
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April 8, 2020
Scenes from a pandemic: 2
April 3, 2020
The only way to stop future disasters is to reconceptualize our political, economic, and social systems.
January 9, 2020
Despite the current respite from months of protests and government violence, the country’s rampant corruption threatens to unleash chaos once more.
December 23, 2019
If we want to keep cities safe in the face of climate change, we need to seriously question the ideal of private homeownership.
December 11, 2019
What will the military look like in climate-crisis mode?