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UK police charge Russian captain involved in U.S. tanker ship crash
The 59-year-old Vladimir Motin was captain of the...
French households, businesses face soaring costs for insurance due to climate change: Govt
The cost of climate disasters may double in the 30 years through...
Beijing records heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years, causing severe flooding and 21 deaths
The severity of the flooding took the Chinese capital by surprise. Beijing usually has dry summers but had a stretch of record-breaking heat this year China`s capital has recorded its heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years over the past few days. The city recorded...
Cyclone Biparjoy costs Gujarat economic loss of Rs 1212.50 cr
As per the memorandum received from the state government of Gujarat, a 1.33 lakh hectare area is reported to have been affected due to the cyclone 'Biparjoy', and it has projected a total economic loss of Rs 1212.50 crores in agriculture and horticulture crops in the...
Extreme heat rendering parts of the world too hot to insure
Rising temperatures are disrupting economic activity and daily life across the globe, sapping crops, drying rivers and raising sea levels. Scientists suspect the last several years have been warmer than any point in over 125,000 years Soaring global temperatures may...
Over 17,000 people died in floods and heavy rains between 2012-2021: Govt
Responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Jal Shakti Bishweswar Tudu said the increased incidence of high intensity rainfall of short duration is mainly responsible for urban floods, which is further compounded by unplanned growth,...
Weather tool used in India could help better predict floods in Sri Lanka: Study
Understanding the link between weather patterns and extreme rainfall is really important for helping Sri Lankan communities prepare and respond to deadly natural disasters and could ultimately save lives, the researchers said New Delhi: Applying weather forecasting...
Houses in Shimla at risk of sinking due to incessant rain
Continuous rains over the past few days have led to the sinking of land in a few villages in six panchayats with several families evacuated to safer places, Deputy Commissioner Shimla Aditya Negi told PTI. ''We will ask geological experts to conduct a survey to find...
India has adequate and sufficient insurance coverage for nuclear incidents
Jitendra Singh,Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology The minister informed that without any insurance or financial securities, the nuclear operator cannot operate the nuclear facilities, and the operator is also mandated to renew the...
Global economic cat losses at $ 110 billion, insurance claims of $43 billion in H1 2023
Thomas Blunck, member of the Board of Management In the Asia-Pacific region, natural disasters resulted in overall losses of approximately US$ 7bn, of which roughly US$ 3bn was insured Earthquake in Turkey and Syria was by far the most devastating natural disaster in...
Korean Re enhances risk analysis with Moody’s RMS Risk Models across Europe and Asia
Dr. Chun Baek, the head of Catastrophe Analytics at Korean Re, commented: “It is expected that providing wider insights into risk analysis and decision making against recent changes in natural catastrophe will be available by working with Moody's RMS models.” LONDON:...
Asia-Pacific needs disaster warning systems to counter rising climate change risks, UN report
Countries lacking adequate early warning coverage have a disaster mortality rate that is eight times higher than countries that do have such systems in place, the U.N. estimates. And without such precautions, regional annual losses from disasters are projected to...