Insurance.com reports that FEMA cuts to disaster response funding will likely increase home insurance rates and limit ...

Candidates and commentators in both of our dominant tribes lately claim that every national election is the last chance to save America from all manner of calamities. Then, once elected, our national ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The economy is always in a state of flux. While there are ...

Instead of applying a universal template to all climate-related disasters—in which we issue funding to support reconstruction, restoration and relocation—we must collaborate with those impacted to ...

Social media posts are recirculating a bar chart that depicts falling numbers of deaths due to weather-related disasters over the last century alongside comments suggesting that the significance of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Christian Weller is an economist focused on retirement inequality. The burden of climate change and the associated natural ...

In developing countries, the impact of significant events such as earthquakes, extreme weather, terrorist attacks, cyber incidents, or health emergencies can be more pronounced given the lack of ...

Disasters are growing in frequency and intensity It’s common to experience a variety of emotions before, during, and after a disaster Being prepared and getting support can help protect mental health ...

When a huge cyclone slammed into East Pakistan (present day Bangladesh) in November 1970 it caused water in the Ganges Delta to rise by 10 metres. Entire towns were submerged. At least 300,000 people ...

As part of a partnership between AAMI and VICSES that has been in place since 2003, the two organisations operated a joint ...