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Extreme flood events once again drive high losses in 2021, 75% of flood risks remain uninsured: Swiss Re
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Cyclone Kyarr likely to turn ‘extremely severe’ in next 24 hours, warns IMD
According to weather forecasting agency, “Under the influence of the above systems, isolated places over Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura is likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall and heavy rainfall over southwest Peninsular India during next 24 hours decreasing thereafter.”
Japan government will consider extra budget for typhoon relief
At least 58 were killed in the typhoon, with 15 missing and some 211 injured nearly three days after the storm lashed much of central and eastern Japan with high winds and intense rains, public broadcaster NHK said.
Typhoon Hagibis: Biggest Japan storm in decades makes landfall
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet hosted a disaster management meeting Friday. He said 17,000 police and military forces were ready to be deployed to ensure the safety of citizens. “The typhoon could cause power outages, damage to infrastructure and significantly affect people’s lives,” Abe said.
Late Indian season monsoon floods cause $10 bn in economic losses:Aon
However, given the low levels of residents and commercial assets with insurance policies in the region, only a small fraction of this total will be covered by insurance payouts, said Aon’s weekly Cat Report.
Las Vegas massacre survivors, families reach $735 million settlement with MGM
The total settlement amount might rise to $800 million, depending on how many claimants choose to participate, according to the law firm Eglet Adams.
An India-Pakistan nuclear war could kill millions, threaten global starvation
The researchers calculated that an India-Pakistan war could inject as much as 80 billion pounds of thick, black smoke into Earth’s atmosphere. That smoke would block sunlight from reaching the ground, driving temperatures around the world down by an average of between 3.5-9 degrees Fahrenheit for several years. Worldwide food shortages would likely come soon after.
Water crises ranked as the topmost risk in India:WEF
Fifteen of the world’s 20 most polluted cities are in India (where the issue ranked second), and Dhaka, Bangladesh (where it ranked eight),is also on the list. Pollution poses health and economic risks to these countries: Each year, Bangladesh loses approximately $6.5 billion and India $5 billion due to pollution and environmental degradation.
Bihar: 19 NDRF teams deployed in flood-affected areas
As many as 19 people have lost their lives in rain-related incidents in Bihar’s capital, while 14 people have died across Uttar Pradesh owing to the rainfall and flood-like situation in the region.
Parametric catastrophe facility CCRIF pays $12.8 mln to Bahamas for Dorian damages
Since its inception in 2007, CCRIF has made 40 payouts totaling about US$152 million to 13 of its 21 member governments
Insurers to offer up to $5B in capacity to hike developing nations’ Climate Resilience
As part of the program, as much as $5 billion in insurance capacity will be offered to 20 developing countries that are vulnerable to shifts in the climate and willing to work with the groups to increase their resilience, according to a statement Sunday from the Insurance Development Forum, the UN Development Program, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and the U.K. Department for International Development.