Boston-based AIR Worldwide’s analysis of Nargis, the deadly tropical cyclone, which struck Myanmar’s (Burma’s) densely populated Irrawaddy River Delta region...
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Myanmar’s (Burma’s) isolationist military regime gave the go-ahead for the first major airlift of international aid into the country Thursday,...
Cyclone Nargis, which made landfall in the Irrawaddy delta region in Myanmar (Burma) on Saturday, is likely to become the...
Swiss Re’s latest sigma study on natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in 2007 concludes that they killed over 20,000 people...
Swiss Re’s latest sigma study – “Natural Catastrophes and man-made disasters in 2007” – examines catastrophe-related economic losses from natural...
Munich Re’s loss figures for 2007 from natural catastrophes concludes that “despite the general absence of extreme events, overall economic...
Swiss Re has released a preliminary “sigma” report detailing the extent of 2007’s catastrophe losses. According to its initial estimates,...
Reports are coming in from Southern Bangladesh of at least 242 deaths following the passage of a powerful tropical cyclone....
More than 1,000 diplomats have begun working on a new accord to control greenhouse gases, with developing countries calling for...
The World Health Organization on Monday said it was alarmed by figures showing that over 3,300 people in the Western...