What Are Natural Disasters? Natural disasters are catastrophic events that occur as a result of natural processes of the ...

As home insurance gets more costly and availability drops in California and Florida, experts debate whether a national system ...

"The impact of Cyclone Dikeledi on Mozambique—a country already reeling from Cyclone Chido—has been devastating," Mary Louise Eagleton of UNICEF told Newsweek. A "megaquake" hitting Japan in ...

SEATTLE (AP) — It’s one thing to fix your home after something basic has gone wrong, but it’s a different beast to rebuild ...

While the risk is not new, the frequency and intensity of the extreme weather events that often trigger natural disasters are on the rise, according to the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on ...

Supporters said the measure will also help stabilize the state’s insurance market by allowing insurers to recover some of the costs after a natural disaster from oil companies, which will ...

Economic losses from hurricanes and other natural disasters soared in the U.S. last year and were above average globally, reflecting another year of costly severe storms, floods and droughts. Damage ...

Natural disasters and severe weather cost the global economy $417 billion last year, including $154 billion for which insurers were on the hook, according to a new report. Last year was the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Debris from a destroyed home is seen as a newly built ADU (accessory dwelling unit) stands behind after ...

BEIJING, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- A total of 94.13 million people in China were affected by natural disasters in 2024, the office of the national commission for disaster prevention, reduction and relief ...