Torrential Rains Cause Floods in SW Japan, with Nearly 40 Feared Dead July 6, 2020 Nearly 40 people were feared dead as torrential rains continued to hit Japan’s southwestern island of Kyushu, with river banks...
Japan Firms Have Done Little to Build Resilience Against Increasing Floods: Reuters Poll January 17, 2020 By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Izumi Nakagawa Japanese companies have contingency plans for the floods that increasingly drench this island nation, but most have done little to...
Torrential Rain Causes Flooding, Mudslides in Japan, Killing at Least 10 October 28, 2019 By Mari Yamaguchi Torrential rain that caused flooding and mudslides in towns east of Tokyo left at least 10 people dead and added...
Insurance Covered $90B of Natural Disaster Losses in 2018, Leaving 60% Protection Gap January 22, 2019 The economic costs of last year’s 394 natural catastrophe events came to US$225 billion with insurance covering US$90 billion of...
AIR Worldwide Estimates Insured Losses from Japan Floods Could Reach US$4B August 21, 2018 Industry insured losses from the flooding in western Japan caused by excessive rainfall from June 28 to July 8, 2018,...
July’s Droughts, Wildfires, Floods Caused Billions in Global Economic Losses: Aon August 10, 2018 Many countries across the globe saw worsening in drought-related and wildfire conditions during July, which have led to hundreds of...
Tropical Storm Hits Japan, Heads for Region Still Recovering from Floods July 30, 2018 A tropical storm in Japan disrupted transportation and knocked out power to thousands of homes in its path as it...
Historic Rainfall, Floods in Japan Kill More Than 100; Some Factories Halt Operations July 9, 2018 By Kazunori Takada The death toll from the historic rainfall in western Japan reached 110 on Monday as rescuers stepped up efforts to...