Update: Tropical Storm Dorian Strengthens as It Heads Toward Barbados August 26, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan Tropical Storm Dorian is gaining strength as it approaches the Lesser Antilles and is forecast to skirt Puerto Rico as...
Hurricane Barry Cost Economy $600M, Insurers $300M: Aon Catastrophe Report August 9, 2019 Total economic losses, largely flood-driven, were expected to exceed US$600 million, while public and private insurers paid out nearly US$300...
Vast Sahara Dust Cloud Hinders Formation of Tropical Storms in Atlantic August 3, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan Dry air from the Sahara that’s carrying enough dust it can be seen from space is preventing thunderstorms over the...
IBHS Chief Wright Urges Congress to Consider Tax Credits for Climate Resilience May 30, 2019 By Don Jergler Roy E. Wright, CEO and president of the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, wants Congress to consider financing...
Mozambique Floods Threaten Hundreds of Thousands of Lives After Cyclone Kenneth April 29, 2019 By Farai Mutsaka Serious flooding began on Sunday in parts of northern Mozambique that were hit by Cyclone Kenneth three days ago, with...
Cyclone Kenneth Grows Stronger as It Barrels Towards Mozambique April 25, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan and Borges Nhamire Tropical Cyclone Kenneth continued to grow stronger as it swirled toward the coast of Mozambique, where Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has...
Mozambique Braces for Another Powerful Cyclone, Just One Month After Idai April 24, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan Tropical Cyclone Kenneth is gathering strength on a track to strike northern Mozambique Friday, less than a month after a...
Mozambique City of Beira Tried to Battle Climate Change – Then Cyclone Idai Hit March 29, 2019 By Cara Anna Long before Cyclone Idai roared in and tore apart Mozambique’s seaside city of Beira, the mayor dreamed of protecting his...
Tropical Cyclone Idai Destroyed More Than $1B of Southern Africa Infrastructure: UN March 26, 2019 By Borges Nhamire and Matthew Hill A cyclone that tore across southern Africa this month may have destroyed more than $1 billion of infrastructure, the United...
Mozambique Flood Deaths Climb in Wake of Cyclone Idai March 21, 2019 By Borges Nhamire and Matthew Hill Deaths from flooding in the wake of Cyclone Idai climbed to more than 300 as Mozambique’s government battled to deal...