Officials in Texas are under scrutiny for a string of refusals to fund early warning systems for flash floods in an area where sudden, intense rainfall is frequent. Those measures could have included ...

Insurers used to fear a handful of blockbuster catastrophes each year. Now the real budget killer is a relentless stream of ...

Total losses from natural catastrophes, including uninsured events, stood at USD 224 billion.

A tumultuous year has seen one of the world's most in-demand tourist destinations take a popularity hit - suffering a 7% drop ...

Natural disasters affect many parts of the world, but few countries experience them as frequently and as intensely as ...

BANGKOK – A string of natural disasters and global conflicts, combined with drastic cuts to international aid means that some of the world's neediest people are suffering from serious food shortages, ...

The world witnessed one of the worst nuclear disasters in history. The Fukushima Daiichi power plant disaster, triggered by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake and the resulting tsunami, caused a chain ...

HONG KONG, Jan 16 (Reuters) - China's direct economic losses from natural disasters totalled 241.6 billion yuan ($34.7 ...

The Los Angeles blazes in January constitute the largest-ever insured wildfire loss event by far, reaching an estimated $40 billion, said Swiss Re - Copyright GETTY ...

Hurricanes, tornadoes and other extreme weather do not distinguish between urban and rural boundaries. But when a disaster strikes, there are big differences in how well people are able to respond and ...

India faces escalating disaster risks due to geography, climate change, and development patterns, as starkly illustrated in ...