The world witnessed one of the worst nuclear disasters in history. The Fukushima Daiichi power plant disaster, triggered by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake and the resulting tsunami, caused a chain ...

In 2025, more than 200 climate-related disasters affected more than 87.8 million people worldwide, according to preliminary figures from the International Disaster Database analyzed by Mongabay. The ...

Total losses from natural disasters across Asia-Pacific last year totaled $73 billion, yet just $9 billion was insured, ...

Johannesburg — In South Africa’s oldest township, volunteers in wetsuits jump into the thigh-deep water of the polluted Jukskei River to untangle a net that's designed to trap garbage but damaged by ...

This story is part of The Disaster Economy, a Grist series exploring the often chaotic, lucrative world of disaster response and recovery. It is published with support from the CO2 Foundation. In ...

Climate scientists say that human-driven global warming is bringing hotter summers, worse droughts, fiercer wildfires and other destructive weather events - Copyright ...

The first half of 2025 saw over $131 billion in global losses due to extreme weather events like wildfires and floods, challenging U.S. utilities with longer outages and infrastructure strain, yet ...

India, Feb. 2 -- ZAGREB - Marko Primorac, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Anna Akhalkatsi, World Bank Division Director for the European Union (EU), signed an agreement for a project ...

Severe flooding in May 2023 caused structural damage to schools, leaving classrooms unsafe and disrupting learning for thousands of children. Photo: © Ministry in ...