natural catastrophes 2018 News

Super Typhoon Maria Heads Toward Taiwan, Spurring Extreme Weather Warnings

A fierce typhoon is headed in the direction of Taiwan, spurring warnings over extreme weather that risks shuttering schools, businesses and the stock exchange. Super Typhoon Maria could bring strong winds and heavy rains to northern and central Taiwan in …

Historic Rainfall, Floods in Japan Kill More Than 100; Some Factories Halt Operations

The death toll from the historic rainfall in western Japan reached 110 on Monday as rescuers stepped up efforts to clear areas hit by flooding and landslides. Some plants halted by the floods started to resume operations as the affected …

Insured Losses for Europe’s Storm Burglind/Eleanor Rise to €724M ($842.3M): PERILS

The estimate of insured losses from Europe’s windstorm Burglind, also known as Eleanor, have risen to €724 million (US$842.3 million), according to PERILS, the Zurich-based organization that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data. This third loss estimate from PERILS has risen …

Earthquake Hits Japan’s Industrial Heartland, Causing 3 Deaths; Trains, Factories Halted

Three people were confirmed dead and almost 100 injured after a strong earthquake hit Osaka on Monday morning, rattling one of Japan’s industrial heartlands and halting trains and factories across the region. The earthquake struck at 7:58 a.m. local time, …

May 2018 Saw Severe Weather in Nearly Every Global Region: Aon Report

Four separate severe weather outbreaks swept across the United States during the month of May, which led to extensive hail, wind damage and flash flooding, according to Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team’s latest monthly Global Catastrophe Recap …

Aon’s April Catastrophe Report: Storms Deal Blow in U.S.; Floods Take 78 Lives in Africa

During April, five separate storm systems caused severe thunderstorms across the United States, the strongest of which affected the Plains, Midwest, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, and the Northeast, with nearly 70 tornado touch-downs and up to baseball-sized hail that damaged residential and …