Japan Marks One Year Since Earthquake – Tsunami Disaster March 12, 2012 By Miki Toda and Malcolm Foster People across Japan prayed and stood in silence on Sunday to remember the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck the...
US House Oks Bill For Tribe’s Move Out Of Tsunami Zone February 8, 2012 The U.S. House approved a bill Monday that will allow the Quileute tribe to move its school and other buildings...
Spate of Disasters Exposes Supply Chain Weakness November 14, 2011 When flood waters rose in Thailand, Wal-Mart stores in Japan ran out of mouthwash. “We were out of mouthwash in...
Pacific Coast Towns Rethink Tsunami ‘Vertical’ Evacuation Options August 29, 2011 By Mike Baker When the next devastating earthquake strikes off the Northwest coast, it is expected to send a tsunami so fast that...
AXIS Puts Q2 Cat Losses at $90-$105 Million; Updates Q1 Estimates July 15, 2011 Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Limited has estimated that the total net financial impact of the June 2011 aftershock in New...
Tokyo Electric Power Facing $1.1 Billion in Mental Distress Claims June 22, 2011 Tokyo Electric Power estimates it will have to pay 88 billion yen ($1.1 billion) in compensation for mental distress caused...
FEMA Tallies Hawaii Damage from Japan Tsunami at $6.2 Million June 14, 2011 Federal aid has been approved for those in Hawaii affected by tsunami waves from the March earthquake in Japan. The...
FEMA Awards $1.2M Tsunami Grant to Oregon County June 13, 2011 The Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced a disaster relief grant of nearly $1.2 million to Oregon’s Curry County to...
EQECAT Raises Japan Quake/Tsunami Loss Estimates to $22-$39 Billion May 10, 2011 Catastrophe modeling firm EQECAT has updated its market loss estimate of $12-$25 billion, issued on March 16, for the March...
Japan’s Edano: No limit on Tepco Nuclear Compensation Claims May 2, 2011 Japan’s government will not put a cap on the liabilities faced by Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) for damages stemming...