500,000 people lost their lives to disasters in Asia pacific, nearly 60 per cent of global disaster deaths. 40% of the world’s natural disaster events happened in Asia Pacific. Asia Pacific is the ...

We view natural resource equities as an effective diversifier in portfolios in the current environment, given persistent inflation, geopolitical tensions, and economic uncertainty. Within the ...

FEMA "does more than write checks after hurricanes hit," say Eric S. Edelman and Franklin C. Miller. It "plays a vital role in coordinating the continuity of the federal government and its ...

Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina last year, and many communities are still in the process of rebuilding. One family and business that was hit hard was Brank Farm, which lost ...

Honoré says it isn’t just weather events and natural disasters that stress people and resources to the brink. Failing infrastructure and utility outages can make the situation worse.

The South Central Indiana Christian Men’s Fellowship plans to meet May 27 at Flat Rock Christian Church, 2854 W. Pope St., Flat Rock. The meal, which starts at 6:30 p.m., will consist of fried ...

What's lost when we lose critical data? The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will stop adding dollar damage tallies to its database of events that cause over $1 billion in damage.

Some of this funding will go to The Home Depot Foundation’s nonprofit partners as they prepare communities for future disasters, while other partners will focus on long-term rebuilding efforts of ...

The floods that year ultimately did not reach the prisons, but the threat they posed illustrated how California’s 90,000-prisoner corrections system has failed to prepare for natural disasters. That’s ...

"Yanking down the database obfuscates the discussion on natural disasters, and for this to go away and not be part of the dialogue is a big problem. If you talk to the reinsurance industry and ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — While the world’s eyes turn to the Sistine ... The passing of Pope Francis has once placed the Catholic Church at a historic crossroads, as cardinals from across the globe gather ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will soon begin accepting applications for a $20.5 billion disaster relief program to assist farmers affected by natural disasters in 2023 and 2024. USDA ...