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ICICI Lombard and AWS enable seamless business continuity with automated Disaster Recovery solution
ICICI Lombard in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), has...
Natural disasters like floods emerge as top reason for buying home insurance in India: Survey
The survey highlighted that 41 per cent of the respondents in last...
Seven dead more than 40 injured in massive blast at chemical factory in Thane district
Five men and two women were killed in the incident but their bodies were charred beyond recognition, said Yasin Tadvi, chief of the disaster management cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation Thane: As many as seven persons were killed and more than 40 injured...
Swiss Re Foundation aims to boost health and environmental innovations through Shine Southeast Asia
The programme which seeks to boost innovation in critical impact areas – such as the Net-Zero transition, health and nutrition, financial literacy, socio-economic well-being, skills development, climate-smart agriculture, disaster risk reduction, and coastal...
Wildfires could affect over half of Canada’s oil sands output: Report
Companies like Suncor Energy, Canadian Natural Resources and Imperial Oil have oil sands projects within 150 km of Fort McMurry, an oil sands hub in Northern Alberta, with many workers living in the city More than half of the oil sands production from Canada could be...
Asia’s extreme April heat worsened by climate change, scientists say
"Heatwaves have always happened. But the additional heat, driven by emissions from oil, gas and coal, is resulting in death for many people." In the Philippines, one of the worst-hit countries, authorities issued health warnings, shut down schools and rationed...
Mumbai hoarding collapse: 8 dead, 64 injured, Case of culpable homicide to be lodged
"There will be an investigation regarding what kind of permission they have for this hoarding, whether they had this permission or not. The CM has directed that a proper audit of all the hoardings in Mumbai be done by the BMC to mitigate such incidents in the future....
Flash floods, cold lava flow hit Sumatra, Indonesia, killing 15 people
The 2,885-metre (9,465-foot) Mount Marapi erupted late last year killing 23 climbers who were caught by a surprise weekend eruption. The volcano has stayed at the third highest of four alert levels since 2011, indicating above-normal volcanic activity under which...
Flooding forecast to worsen in Brazil’s south, poor hit hard
Weather across South America is affected by the El Nio climate phenomenon, a naturally occurring event that periodically warms surface waters in the equatorial Pacific. In Brazil, El Nio has historically caused droughts in the north and intense rainfall in the south,...
El Niño sees African Union Insurance Agency pay out $60 million
El Niño is caused by ocean currents that bring dry and hot weather to Southern Africa. Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia have declared national state of disasters The African Union’s climate insurance agency will pay out at least $60 million to four southern African nations...
Worsening Weather: A $25 billion Market Opportunities
Most large and listed European companies are now required to disclose what they see as risks and opportunities from environmental factors. In the US, the Securities and Exchange Commission finalized rules in March that would make it mandatory for companies to publish...
ICEYE launches Flood Insights and Flood Early Warning for Canada, providing near real-time situational awareness
ICEYE’s Flood Early Warning data is available 96 hours before each potential flood, showing the areas most likely to experience flooding. During each flood, data on the total extent of the flood water is provided every 24 hours. The complete extent and depth of the...