H1 Natural Disasters Had Insured Price Tag of $80B – Driven by US Claims: Munich Re July 29, 2025 By L.S. Howard Natural disasters across the globe cost insurers US$80 billion during the first half of 2025, up from $64 billion in...
Hong Kong Shuts Down for Second Time in a Week Due to Heavy Rain July 29, 2025 By Richard Frost Hong Kong issued its highest rainstorm warning, effectively closing down the city, just over a week after a typhoon downed...
Wildfires in Mediterranean Leave a Dozen Dead as Heat Soars July 24, 2025 By Georgios Georgiou, Paul Tugwell, Joe Wertz and Taylan Bilgic Wildfires fueled by soaring temperatures and strong winds across the eastern Mediterranean left a dozen people dead in Turkey and...
European Heat Wave Gives Way to Violent Storms and Flooding July 22, 2025 By Joe Wertz Severe storms are triggering flooding in parts of Europe following weeks of extreme heat, while temperatures on the Italian island...
How Hot Can It Get? Scientists Are Struggling to Find an Answer July 17, 2025 By Eric Roston How hot can a heat wave really get? Before June 2021, scientists thought they knew. That’s when one of the...
Insurance Supervisors’ Group Seeks Collaboration to Cover Disaster Losses July 17, 2025 By Erica Yokoyama Collaboration between the public and private sectors, beyond just insurance, is essential to narrowing the so-called protection gap, as losses...
UK Farmers Face Increased Fire Risks as Dry Weather Persists July 15, 2025 By Celia Bergin British farmers are facing increased fire risks to both their fields and harvesting machines, following a long spell of hot,...
Extreme Heat Is Killing European Workers Despite Government Efforts July 11, 2025 By Laura Millan Montse Aguilar was a healthy 51-year-old woman when she started her shift cleaning streets in Barcelona at around 2:30 p.m....
Extreme Weather Could Cause 5% Drop in Euro Zone GDP, Bank Watchdogs Find July 10, 2025 By Virginia Furness Extreme weather events such as heatwaves, flooding and wildfires could wipe as much off euro zone GDP in the next...
Texas Agencies Missed Opportunities to Fund Flood Warning System July 10, 2025 By Ryan J. Foley, Christopher Keller, Sean Murphy and Jim Mustian Over the last decade, an array of Texas state and local agencies missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system...