The devastating floods that hit Louisiana in August 2016 are expected to cost the US economy between US$10 billion and US$15 billion according to Aon Benfield’s latest Global Catastrophe Recap…
Disasters and emergencies can happen at any time, often without warning. Natural hazards threaten thousands of lives and cause billions of dollars in damage every year throughout the nation. September…
The Environment Agency’s innovative flood defence scheme in West Sussex, “Medmerry”, is being showcased at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawaii this week (w/c 5 September 2016). Held every…
The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) in the USA estimates that 100,000 insured vehicles were damaged during the August floods in Louisiana. NICB add that there could be many uninsured…
The Aqua Monitor, a tool developed by the Dutch research institute Deltares to monitor land and water changes around the globe, reveals that the world has gained 115,000 km2 of…
A report by Swiss Re, the reinsurance group, estimates that insured losses from both natural and man-made catastrophes rose by 51% to USD 31 billion in the first half of…
Skopje, 23 August 2016: The European Union and the World Bank, together with the UN agencies in the country, have responded swiftly to the Macedonia Government’s request for assistance in…
Risk Management Solutions (RMS) say the release of their suite of Europe Inland Flood Hazard Data will bring new opportunities for writing Europe inland flood risk. According to RMS, the…
NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) Program has announced a further series of its successful online training sessions on using NASA Remote Sensing. This time the training is focused on…
Record-setting rainfall and flooding in southern Louisiana have been calculated at NASA with data from satellites. An extremely severe rainfall event hit the states of Louisiana and southern Mississippi when…
In response to Hurricane Earl, which struck Belize on 4 August 2016 causing significant damages across the country, the European Commission has provided €50,000 in humanitarian funding to assist the…
The flooding that struck parts of China during July this year were some of the worst since 1998, and are likely to cost $33 billion, according to Aon catastrophe report.…
As many as 100,000 people are currently displaced by flooding in Myanmar, according to figures from the country’s Relief and Resettlement Department (RRD). RRD report that 6 states or regions…
NASA has released striking images showing China’s Yangtze River basin floods from space. High levels of rainfall began in June this year. By July 5, flooding and associated mudslides had affected…
A report by the Welsh Audit Office says that 208,000 properties across Wales are at risk of flooding from the sea or rivers. Over 60 per cent of the population…
How can we better prepare for intense coastal storms? How can we predict the intensity of impending storms using real time data? How can we compare and evaluate the potential…
