Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) have developed a Disaster Intensity Index (DII) to assess the financial impact of natural disasters on state budgets, providing a ...
IIT Bombay study analyzes financial impact of floods and cyclones in India, offers solutions for disaster preparedness.
The state government bears much of the disaster response cost after natural disasters such as floods and cyclones which ...
Extreme weather is becoming more destructive as the world warms, but how can we say that climate change intensified the fires ...
Cecilia lives in Carahatas, a coastal village in Cuba threatened by rising sea levels caused by climate change. Experts ...
Scientists say the unfolding El Niño event superimposed on long-term global warming is a primary driver of this huge spike in ...
Much of the important preparation for natural disasters is psychological. Every time there’s an earthquake or a natural disaster in Southern California, the news organizations call Dr. Lucy Jones. Dr.
The world endured three of its top-20 costliest disasters on record in 2024, its fifth-deadliest wildfire, and a record three ...
Students in the French overseas department of Mayotte are returning to school this week, a month-and-a-half after a ...
Accepting change in the aftermath of natural disasters is hard. But long-term survival may require embracing managed retreat ...
RNZ International (RNZI) began broadcasting to the Pacific region 35 years ago — on 24 January 1990, the same day the ...
Economic losses from hurricanes and other natural disasters soared in the U.S. last year and were above average globally, ...