"It's because they're so vulnerable, any event tips the balance," said Cutter, director of the school's Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute. "They don't have the kind of resiliency that other ...

In terms of information and awareness, the earthquake in Haiti is “the most immediate disaster we’ve ever had,” says Marguerite Madden, a geography professor at University of Georgia. Here’s a look at ...

As rescue workers scramble to provide assistance to hundreds of thousands of people following Haiti's earthquake, Earth observation satellite data continues to provide updated views of the situation ...