The rising frequency of natural disasters due to climate change could make health plans more susceptible to significant negative effects, according to Maria DeYoreo, PhD, of RAND Corporation. In the ...
Natural disasters impose significant direct and indirect economic losses that extend well beyond the immediate areas affected, precipitating widespread impacts on industrial sectors and interdependent ...
As equity markets around the world plunge this morning due to the earthquake crisis in Japan, Desjardins Securities market strategist Ed Sollbach has crunched the numbers on eight previous natural ...
Hours after an Atlantic hurricane came for Appalachia, many residents of rolling, tree-lined western Asheville, North Carolina, had nothing to do and nowhere to go. More than 1,000 roads were closed, ...
Weather-related disasters can make people more religious but it depends on the toll they inflict, suggests new UBC research. If a disaster injures a significant number of people, it can strengthen ...
Different natural catastrophes affect different regions in the world. In South Sudan, annual floods can submerge houses, farmland and schools, forcing people to flee their homes and increasing food ...
It will help authorities assess financial impact of natural catastrophes on budgets, providing roadmap for preparedness. The study cites the World Risk Index 2023, which ranks India third among 193 ...
It was tempting this week to throw shade at the people who sparked a giant wildfire in south California when they set off a “pyrotechnic device” at a gender reveal party. In my day (not so long ago) ...
VANCOUVER — Radioactive contamination following a nuclear power-plant disaster in Japan never reached unsafe levels in the north Pacific Ocean for either marine life or human health, says a British ...
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