Earthquake Devastates Chile An 8.3 magnitude earthquake in Chile earlier this week has killed at least 11 people. The earthquake happened along the…
5.6 Million Fingerprints Stolen in OPM Data Breach The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced last week that 5.6 million fingerprint records were stolen in a data breach…
Hurricane Patricia batters Mexico but leaves behind less damage than expected and no deaths Hurricane Patricia formed on October 20th in the Pacific Ocean, and quickly intensified to a Category 5 storm. The storm…
South Carolina Floods When Hurricane Joaquin interacted with a “slow-moving weather system coming across the Southeast,” it resulted in a “1,000 year” rain…
House Hearing on the Threat of a Smuggled Dirty Bomb Global Resilience Institute Director Stephen Flynn testified before the House of Representatives’ Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee on October…
Assistant Secretary Alan Bersin visits Northeastern University The Department of Homeland Security’s Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Chief Diplomatic Officer, Alan Bersin, came to visit Northeastern…
Northeastern experts analyze recent terror attacks abroad An interdisciplinary group of five Northeastern faculty experts reacted to and analyzed last week’s terror attacks in Beirut and Paris at a panel discussion Tuesday night.
Dam Burst in Brazil Causes Devastation to Structures and Water Supply On November 5, a dam containing a waste-water reservoir used by Brazilian mining company Samarco was breached, sending red mud…
The Need for Societal Resilience after Paris Last weekend saw horrifying attacks in Paris and Beirut from the Islamic State, killing over 170 people. The attacks in…
Airport Security On October 31st, a Russian commercial airline came down in the Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 on board. The plane…
Infrastructure Spending in America Spending money is not very popular in Congress these days. As a result, finding the political will to increase investment…
Coromandel Floods On the Eastern length of South India, otherwise known as the Coromandel Coast, dramatic flooding over the course of the…
