Tornadoes are officially the scariest natural disaster, according to new research. A survey of 2,500 Americans split evenly by U.S. region found that regardless of where they live, the threat of a ...

This story is part of The Disaster Economy, a Grist series exploring the often chaotic, lucrative world of disaster response and recovery. It is published with support from the CO2 Foundation. When a ...

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The United States experienced its third-highest number of billion-dollar weather and climate disasters on record in 2025, ...