In the past two decades, disasters have left a devastating impact, claiming over a million lives and causing nearly US$3 trillion in global economic losses, according to the United Nations Office for ...

NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday chaired a high-level review meeting to assess the country’s preparedness for floods, heat waves and other climate-related disasters. He strongly ...

The numbers are staggering, and they keep getting worse. The United States experienced 27 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in 2024, with an estimated $182.7 billion in damages, ...

Social media analytics has become an indispensable component of contemporary disaster management, offering rapid insight into evolving hazards, public needs and response efforts. By harnessing vast ...

Current disaster-risk levels are alarming. The cost of damage to commercial and residential buildings worldwide is averaging $314 billion each year. At the same time, a new United Nations report shows ...

On 15th of February 2022, the Government of Timor-Leste, the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries launch the Disaster and Risk Management (DRM) Strategy for the Agriculture Sector at the Ministry of ...

Disaster and risk are threats to World Heritage sites. The increasing impact of disasters in Africa and their growing complexity is a great concern for site managers, heritage professionals, and ...

Canadians are facing larger disasters on a more frequent basis. There is no doubt that some of these recent and future events are the result of an increasingly unstable climate. Whenever more people ...

Researchers at the Advanced Centre for Atmospheric Radar Research (ACARR) in the Cochin University of Science and Technology have recommended a fundamental shift in Kerala’s disaster management ...