Japan Faces Another Typhoon With Trains, Hundreds of Flights Canceled August 14, 2023 By Nicholas Takahashi and Lisa Du Japan is preparing for its second typhoon in a week, with airline companies canceling flights and rail operators halting some...
Australia’s Climate Risks Are Making Home Insurance Unaffordable August 14, 2023 By Swati Pandey Australian home insurance premiums jumped the most in two decades in the past year, driven by weather catastrophes and higher...
Norwegian River Dam Partly Collapses After Floods August 10, 2023 By Terje Solsvik and Victoria Klesty A dam on a Norwegian river partly collapsed after heavy rain on Wednesday, sending water gushing through a wide gap...
Catastrophe Bond Funds Ranked Among 2023’s Top-Performing Credit Funds August 10, 2023 By Nell Mackenzie Catastrophe bond funds rank among the 10 best performing credit funds this year, as the hurricanes, earthquakes and other disasters...
Severe Convective Storms Top Insured Natural Disaster Losses in H1: Swiss Re August 9, 2023 By L.S. Howard Global natural catastrophes cost insurers US$50 billion in the first half, (H1 2022: $48 billion), with most of the losses...
Slovenia Suffers Its Worst-Ever Floods; Damage Could Top €500M, Prime Minister Says August 7, 2023 LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) – Slovenia has faced the worst-ever natural disaster in its history, Prime Minister Robert Golob said Saturday,...
Slovenia Hit by Worst Floods in More Than a Decade, Killing Several People August 4, 2023 By Jan Bratanic Several people were killed in Slovenia as the southern European nation was hit by some of the worst flooding in...
Global Natural Disasters Cost Insurers $43B in H1, Surpassing 10-Yr Average: Munich Re July 28, 2023 By L.S. Howard Natural disasters during the first half of 2023 cost insurers an estimated US$43 billion with an overall economic price tag...
Update: Typhoon Doksuri Roars Into China, Destroying Power Lines, Closing Factories July 28, 2023 By Bernard Orr and Yimou Lee Typhoon Doksuri swept into southern China on Friday, unleashing heavy rain and violent gusts of wind that whipped power lines...
Update: Greece Fights Almost 200 Wildfires as Wind Raises Risk in Mediterranean July 27, 2023 By Eamon Akil Farhat and Paul Tugwell Greece is fighting almost 200 wildfires as strengthening winds put a sting in the tail of the Mediterranean’s fading heat...