New Zealand Offers to Buy Out Owners of Cyclone, Flood-Damaged Homes June 1, 2023 By Matthew Brockett New Zealand’s government will help to buy out the owners of cyclone and flood-damaged houses in areas deemed susceptible to...
Wildfire on Canada’s Atlantic Coast Prompts Evacuation of 16,000, Damages Properties June 1, 2023 A wildfire on Canada’s Atlantic coast has damaged about 200 houses and other structures and prompted the evacuation of 16,000...
Typhoon Mawar Is Most Powerful Storm of 2023, So Far May 26, 2023 By Brian K. Sullivan Mawar is now one of the three strongest storms ever to hit the North Pacific in May and is the...
Italian Insurer Unipol and SpaceX Join Forces to Help People Hit by Flooding May 23, 2023 Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Unipol Gruppo agreed to join forces to help people hit by flooding in northern Italy connect...
Cyclone Mocha Is One of Strongest Storms Recorded in North Indian Ocean May 16, 2023 By Brian K. Sullivan The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Mocha have moved further inland over Myanmar after coming ashore Sunday with winds of 155...
New Zealand Pledges $720M for Cyclone and Flood Recovery May 16, 2023 The New Zealand government said on Sunday it was allocating NZ$1.1 billion ($720 million) to help communities recover from a...
Cyclone Mocha Hits Bangladesh, Myanmar, Forcing Mass Evacuations May 15, 2023 By Arun Devnath and Khine Lin Kyaw Cyclone Mocha made landfall on Sunday as Bangladesh and Myanmar evacuated hundreds of thousands of people on fears of widespread...
Update: Wildfires Rage Across Canada’s Gas Heartland, Cutting Production May 8, 2023 By Robert Tuttle and Sheela Tobben Wildfires raging across western Canada forced the evacuation of 30,000 residents and cut at least 234,000 barrels a day of...
Insured Losses for New Zealand North Island Floods Estimated at NZ$1.8B: PERILS May 8, 2023 Insured losses for New Zealand’s North Island floods of Jan. 27 to Feb. 2 are estimated at NZ$1.75 billion ($1.1...
Western Australia Assesses Damage From Cyclone Ilsa’s ‘Path of Destruction’ April 17, 2023 Emergency authorities in Western Australia were assessing damage on Saturday from a tropical cyclone that hit the state’s northwest, sparing...