Economic losses from natural disasters in the US soared to USD 217.8 billion in 2024, marking an 85.3% increase from the ...

Local residents near Reagan National Airport who've grown used to the daily roar of flights overhead were trying to grapple ...

IIT Bombay study analyzes financial impact of floods and cyclones in India, offers solutions for disaster preparedness.

A study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) has analysed the financial burden of floods ...

Hurricane Helene triggered more than 2,000 landslides, hazardous spills, and infrastructure failures in North Carolina.

According to the WFP press release, anticipatory action—measures taken before disasters strike—was increasingly integrated into Bangladesh's disaster management framework in 2024. The Standing Orders ...

Yet, the underreporting of disasters like the recent oil spill ... a potential lack of urgency in status updates or information about impacts and cleanup efforts. Supporting agencies to the ...

Marc Mayerson is a lawyer with his own firm in Washington, DC, specializing in insurance-recovery matters. He discusses the ...

A comprehensive 23-year study by IIT Bombay researchers, analysing data from 1995 to 2018, has revealed the immense financial burden that floods and cyclones im ...

California lawmakers propose legislation that could allow vicims of the devastating Southern California wildfires to sue oil and gas companies.

The Second Disaster Resilience Improvement Program is a multiyear contingent disaster financing program with the option to ...