Above-average rainfall is needed across England for the next seven months for all areas to recover from drought by spring 2027, according to research.

Jeannette Sutton and Eddie Bertola break down USGS ShakeAlert, earthquake early warnings, Wireless Emergency Alerts, and the technology that can warn people before strong shaking arrives.

Albania is strengthening its capacities to collect, manage, analyse and use disaster loss and damage data through the DELTA Resilience platform, with a technical training held in Tirana on 17 September 2026.

More than 3,600 people are staying in 37 holding centres across Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading districts. No major outbreak has been reported, but cases of colds, coughs and viral fever are common.

Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic | 15–16 September 2026, Two-day national workshop

Small, nimble cows are being deployed in Galicia to lower wildfire risk by doing what they do best: eating.

Britain’s railway system has already been under stress from extreme heat this summer, with several operators reducing timetables and train speeds.

The nature‑based solutions for urban heat are specifically designed for neighborhoods and communities because the standard will provide users with tools and techniques to identify areas where nature‑based solutions can be most effectively implemented.

Kampala Capital City Authority has intensified flood preparedness across the city as Uganda braces for increased rainfall, with the Ministry of Water and Environment warning of a high likelihood of El Niño conditions during the Sept-Dec rainfall season.

Vermont recognized the ongoing flood exposure facing the state with the passing of July 10, a now-infamous date for Vermont.

More than half of reporting companies provide no core quantitative metrics, raising concerns over their ability to measure nature-related risks and potential greenwashing.

Extreme heat has become more common—as both research and lived experience show—but when it arrives is a different question.

Sustained high temperatures may crimp yields while high humidity could raise risks of crop diseases

A study suggests that isotopes can provide an early warning of prolonged droughts. This study is one of the first in over 30 years to utilize isotopic techniques in Amazonian hydroclimatic research.

Rising sea levels and storm surges could cost $855 billion in economic losses across Australia by the end of the century, according to new Australian-first research.

On August 26, the side of a mountain near the border between Nepal and Tibet collapsed. Seven billion cubic feet of glacial ice and rock, enough to fill 100 football stadiums, crashed roughly a mile straight down into the river below.

Children across Europe have returned to school after a summer of extreme heat. As the climate warms, one question is becoming harder to ignore: how can students learn when classrooms become dangerously hot?

Unusual heat this year may have melted ice and thawed bonds that hold glaciers in place – leading to catastrophe

This study applied an integrated flood risk assessment framework to evaluate climate-driven compound flood risk in Broadland, with particular emphasis on how methodological choices influence exposure, damage and spatial risk estimates.

August was the hottest month of the year, with an average temperature of 25.6 C, up 5.2 ​C from the 1951-1980 average and 3.5 C ​above the 1991-2020 norm, according to Italy's research public body.

The Nepal disaster is not only a warning about a changing Himalaya. It exposes why societies fail to act on risks they already understand.

Wildland firefighting is increasingly facing an intractable reality: We’re stuck in a vicious cycle. A doom loop.

Glacier retreat, expanding glacial lakes, thawing permafrost and unstable slopes are increasing the risk of disasters in the Himalayas.

The drought of 2026 is not yet over, and some of its effects are already visible. There are economic consequences for agriculture, transport and industry. But there are also consequences that are less visible and may have long-term effects.

Beavers are often called ecosystem engineers. They fell small trees, build dams and dig channels. Water backs up behind their dams, spills across the valley bottom and soaks into the surrounding soil.

The Africa Early Warnings Forum, held in Addis Ababa, highlighted Africa's progress in expanding early warning systems, but with climate and disaster risks accelerating, the task now is to translate that progress into protection for everyone.

Launching this fall, the Southwest Florida Accelerator will focus on climate resilience and sustainability.

The exact sequence of events that sent so much debris and water downstream is something we are still trying to unravel. There are a number of possibilities.

More than 260 young leaders from across the Arab region participated virtually in the Regional Youth Resilience Lab.

Statement on the Colombia Earthquake by Kamal Kishore, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and Head of UNDRR

Nurses are collapsing during shifts amid “inhumane and impossible” conditions caused by extreme heat, their union has warned.

A study paints a fuller picture of how heat affects respiratory health, especially in Baltimore’s socially vulnerable neighborhoods.

Research shows that fast-moving forest fires burn more severely, making it harder for forests to recover.

Scarred by the devastating 2025 floods, people with HIV are increasingly vulnerable

Through an Early Action Protocol funded by the IFRC, the Colombian Red Cross is implementing anticipatory measures in the departments of Tolima and Cesar before the drought reaches its critical point.

The economic ramifications of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz are much discussed. But so far, the risk of ecological damage following a long blockade of ships has been overlooked.

A NASA, UCSD and NOAA collaboration uses machine learning on satellite navigation data to detect sudden atmospheric moisture spikes, flagging likely flash floods for forecasters in as little as fifteen minutes.

MIT's Climate Grand Challenges has produced 29 papers and a set of digital tools now reaching deployment, helping communities, emergency agencies and insurers assess local flood, cyclone and heat risk and plan infrastructure accordingly.

Researchers at IIT Madras have built a standalone application that uses thousands of years of earthquake data to calculate site-specific seismic risk for India's 6,500-plus large dams, helping authorities prioritise urgent safety upgrades.

Mozambique's Productive Social Action Programme has reached more than 300,000 people by combining cash transfers with skills training and community works such as coastal reforestation, helping climate-exposed families build lasting livelihoods.

For millions of workers across the region, acquiring that rice bowl is becoming increasingly difficult, putting people’s health at risk.

Facing severe geological disasters, China is expanding risk management from individual hazard points to entire zones and deploying advanced technologies to minimize casualties and property losses.