The tsunami claimed around 230,000 lives, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. The sheer scale and speed of the tsunami caught many off guard, highlighting the ...

Texas is the worst state for natural disasters ... nearly doubling from 96 over the previous 10-year period. Losses from natural disasters totaled more than $1.42 trillion over the last 10 ...

WASHINGTON – A database used to keep track of some of the worst natural disasters in America is on the chopping block, according to Noaa. In a statement to FOX Weather, NCEI said that a shift in ...

Floods are one of the most common and expensive natural disasters around the world. They can happen because of heavy rain, rivers overflowing, dam failures, or fast-melting snow. Cities with poor ...

Natural disasters are inevitable, but humanitarian and economic losses are determined largely by policy preferences and institutional underpinnings that shape the quality of public infrastructure ...

Fires, floods, hurricanes and other natural disasters are hitting harder than ever. And when they do, people with disabilities often feel the impact “first and worst,” said June Isaacson ...

This paper uses a novel empirical approach, following the literature on hysteresis, to explore medium-term scarring of natural disasters for countries vulnerable to climate change. By quantifying the ...

ZURICH – Hurricanes, storms, floods and other natural disasters could cause US$145 billion (S$190 billion) in insured losses in 2025, nearly 6 per cent up from 2024 and one of the costliest ...

WAILUKU — The West Maui fire that killed at least 55 people and destroyed hundreds of buildings across Lahaina town is “likely the worst natural disaster in Hawaii state history,” Gov.