Disaster Response

Forensic scientists have identified two more 9/11 victims and will soon use next-generation sequencing to analyze unidentified remains.

By going beyond the "100-year storm" standard for flood protection, U.S. engineers helped minimize the impact of Hurricane Ida on New Orleans.

Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale is letting Hurricane Ida victims displaced by the storm sleep in his showroom.

Private citizens are helping scientists study the recent earthquake in Haiti by hosting low-cost quake-monitoring devices.

A new NASA study predicts record flooding in the 2030s due to a combination of rising sea levels and a “wobble” in the moon’s orbit around Earth.

By having goats eat the dry vegetation that fuels wildfires, Californians can prevent the blazes from spreading into populated areas.

An insect-sized robot with the agility of a cheetah could one day save lives by assessing disaster zones ahead of first responders.

To help first responders find people during disasters, researchers are training a search and rescue drone to listen for human screams.

Teledyne Flir has sent at least two of its rescue robots to help hunt for survivors in a collapsed building in Florida.

NASA is staging a week-long asteroid impact simulation during which participants will need to respond to a hypothetical impact scenario.