Insurance Losses From Sydney Floods Approach A$100M: ICA July 8, 2022 Insurers have received 8,415 claims as a result of July’s floods in Sydney, carrying an initial estimated insurance price tag...
Update: Heavy Rains Ease Over Sydney but Floods Continue to Force Evacuations July 6, 2022 By Renju Jose A wild storm system has moved away from Sydney after pounding Australia’s largest city with four days of torrential rain,...
Typhoon Sinks Ship Southwest of Hong Kong, Killing at Least 12 Crewmembers July 5, 2022 Chinese search and rescue officials pulled 12 bodies on Monday from waters southwest of Hong Kong after an engineering vessel...
What Is Causing Australia’s Incessant Rain? July 5, 2022 By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE — Torrential rain is lashing Australia’s southeast coast, forcing thousands of people from their homes because of the danger...
Torrential Rain Brings More Flooding to Sydney, Forcing Thousands to Evacuate July 5, 2022 By Angus Whitley Thousands of people on the outskirts of Sydney were told to leave their homes or prepare to evacuate as days...
Tropical Storm Bonnie Forms Near Nicaragua in Caribbean July 1, 2022 By Brian K. Sullivan Tropical Storm Bonnie formed in the Caribbean east of Nicaragua, a dangerous system that threatens a potential humanitarian crisis but...
Climate Change Driving Extreme Heat and Flooding in 2022: Report July 1, 2022 By Gloria Dickie Extreme weather events – from scorching heatwaves to unusually heavy downpours – have caused widespread upheaval across the globe this...
China Launches Disaster Insurance Trials in 6 Cities Affected by Floods in 2021 June 28, 2022 China’s third-most populous province Henan will launch pilot programs for catastrophe insurance in six cities that were the hardest hit...
Flooding Inundates More of Bangladesh and India, Stranding Nearly 10M People June 21, 2022 By Ruma Paul and Zarir Hussain DHAKA/GUWAHATI, India – Floodwaters inundated more of Bangladesh and northeast India on Tuesday, officials said, as authorities struggled to reach...
Floods in India, Bangladesh Leave Millions Homeless June 20, 2022 By Julhas Alam and Wasbir Hussain DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) – Army troops were called in to rescue thousands of people stranded by massive floods that have...