In this article, we take a look at the 20 most disaster-prone countries in the world. You can skip our detailed analysis on disasters’ impact, insurance industry in the US, and go straight to 7 Most ...

Jan. 9 (UPI) --Natural disasters cost nations $250 billion in 2023 as climate change churned up dangerous and deadly weather across the globe, according to a study released Tuesday. The new study by ...

The planet has broiled this summer, with July winning the unwelcome title of the hottest month since records began, in the nineteenth century. Indeed, climate scientists think that it was possibly the ...

With World Bank support, Morocco has made significant strides since 2008 in strengthening its disaster and climate resilience. This has included gradual transition from a post-disaster approach ...

The World Bank is extending a new lifeline to small islands and other small states struck by earthquakes and tropical storms, allowing governments to focus on disaster recovery instead of debt ...

The primary message of the 2024 Global Water Summit is that changes in the world’s water availability and location are ...

Climate change and environmental degradation are worsening the impacts of disasters on vulnerable people – making it vital that environmental and humanitarian organizations work more closely together, ...

Extreme weather events are growing more common, while an increasingly globalized world means disasters on one side of the planet reverberate on the other. In the midst of uncertainty, people are ...

Remember the expression “may you live in interesting times,” which is the English translation of what is thought to be an ancient Chinese curse. Here “interesting times” may be referring to ...

Women looked at the rubble of their collapsed house, in Mandalay, Myanmar, April 3, 2025 (Kyodo News photo via AP Images). Though earthquakes are not climate-related, other natural disasters are ...