A string of natural disasters and global conflicts, combined with drastic cuts to international aid means that some of the ...

Natural disasters caused $135 billion in economic losses globally in the first half of 2025, fuelled by the Los Angeles wildfires, reinsurer Swiss Re said Wednesday.

As his team searched for survivors, he wondered what could have happened if the gutting of the US Agency for International ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -Natural disasters in China caused direct economic loss of 19.6 billion yuan ($2.75 billion) in August, the ...

A STRING of natural disasters and global conflicts, combined with drastic cuts to international aid, have left some of the ...

International reinsurance company Swiss Re has released a study predicting that total global insured losses caused by natural disasters will hit $145 billion this year. However, the study also says ...

Natural disasters such as floods, droughts, earthquakes, and extreme heat have become more frequent, with higher economic costs, due to climate change, urbanization, population growth and growing ...

On 30 July, one of the biggest earthquakes ever recorded struck eastern Russia, triggering tsunami alerts across Japan and the Pacific. It is a timely reminder that Japan faces such seismic threats ...

"By the world-renowned seismologist, a surprising history of natural disasters, their impact on our culture, and new ways of thinking about the ones to come Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, ...

Pakistan’s vulnerability to natural disasters, including earthquakes, landslides, and water scarcity, continues to pose ...