This paper builds on the existing literature assessing retrospectively the quantitative effects of natural disasters on different dimensions of household welfare, to make progress toward the ex ante identification of households that are vulnerable to poverty due to natural disasters, especially typhoons. A wind field model for the Philippines is …
A powerful typhoon slammed into western Japan on Thursday, ripping up trees, causing widespread flooding and sending mudslides plowing into houses. At least seven people were reported dead and nearly 50 injured. Tens of thousands were urged to seek shelter as Japan’s eighth typhoon of the year headed toward major …
Torrential rains battered Okinawa’s islands on Wednesday as a weakened but still dangerous typhoon, leaving two dead and threatening widespread flooding as it headed for the nation’s main islands. Typhoon Neoguri, a super typhoon as it bore down on Okinawa this week, had winds gusting up to 162 kph on …
Typhoon Neoguri bore down on the Japanese mainland today after slamming into the southern Okinawa island chain, killing two people and leaving a trail of damage. Packing gusts of up to 180 kilometres per hour, the typhoon could hit the southern main island of Kyushu as early as tomorrow, before …
A powerful typhoon pummeled the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa on Tuesday, paralyzing transport and prompting U.S. forces based there to cancel all outdoor activity. The Okinawan government said 10 people were injured, one seriously. Separately, a man died after his fishing boat was swamped by high waves in rough …
Crews are working to bring back electricity to thousands of homes in Atlantic Canada after post-tropical storm Arthur swept through the area. More than 130,000 customers of New Brunswick Power and 90,000 Nova Scotia Power households had no electricity this morning as the storm moved out over the Gulf of …
Typhoon Neoguri was barreling toward Okinawa on Monday, packing violent winds and torrential rains as the Japan Meteorological Agency warned residents to stay in their homes. Gusts of up to 270 kilometers per hour are expected to hit the subtropical island chain early Tuesday and possibly Kyushu by Wednesday, the …
India will need to be wary of an ‘active West Pacific typhoon (cyclone)’ for year 2014 as storms generated in seawaters next to the Bay of Bengal could affect the monsoon system here. The Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal and the West Pacific are all key basins from where …
Typhoon Hagibis made landfall on Sunday in southern China, destroying houses, farmland, closing ports, and suspending trains and flights. Packing strong winds and heavy rain, Hagibis hit Shantou in Guangdong province before weakening into a tropical storm later in the day, according to the National Meteorological Center. The tropical storm, …
About 13,000 people have been evacuated after typhoon Hagibis landed in sea areas of Shantou City in south China's Guangdong Province on Sunday afternoon, local authorities said Monday. The tropical storm, China's first in 2014, made landfall on the coast of Haojiang District at 4:50 pm Sunday, bringing downpours of …
Japan is scheduled to launch a new mapping satellite that will be used to survey damage from natural disasters and changes affecting rain forests. The Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (ALOS-2) will be released by the nation’s H-IIA rocket, which will lift off shortly after noon Saturday, according to the Japan …
The Philippines' devastating Typhoon Haiyan and drought in Australia were among recent weather extremes consistent with man-made climate change, the UN's weather agency said on Monday. "Many of the extreme events of 2013 were consistent with what we would expect as a result of human-induced climate change," Michel Jarraud, secretary …
Natural disasters, led by Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines and flooding in Europe, cost a total of $125 billion (92bn euros) in 2013, German reinsurance giant Munich Re estimated on Tuesday. The figure was below the average over 10 years of $184bn, with insured losses of $31bn, down from …
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged the international community today to ramp up aid for the Philippines' typhoon reconstruction, saying "we must not allow this to be another forgotten crisis." Ban met with key ambassadors stationed in Manila at the end of his three-day visit and urged donor countries to …
Twenty-seven bodies, all unidentified, were among the latest to be recovered under debris The death toll from Typhoon Haiyan that struck the central Philippines on Nov 8 has passed 6,000 with nearly 1,800 people missing, officials said today. Twenty-seven bodies, all unidentified, were among the latest to be recovered under …
China is poorly prepared to tackle the impact of climate change that presents a serious threat to the country, thanks to a lack of planning and public awareness, the government said on Monday. The world's most populous country already faces challenges from weather extremes, with 2,000 people dying on average …
Delegates from more than 190 nations at the annual U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiation in Warsaw, Poland today reached agreement on a pathway to Paris in 2015, where they have committed to adopt a new, comprehensive, post-2020 agreement to address the climate crisis. Countries also agreed to …
The World Bank said it raised to almost $1 billion its financial aid package to support relief and reconstruction in typhoon-devastated areas in the central Philippines, as the toll of death and destruction kept rising more than two weeks after the storm. The World Bank said it offered $480 million …
In a rare sign of frustration and solidarity, over 800 representatives of NGOs staged a walkout from the climate negotiations here, citing lack of commitment from developed countries and take over by corporate interests. The environmental NGOs have always been an integral part of the climate talks and are allowed …
Bloc of 132 countries exit Warsaw conference after rich nations refuse to discuss climate change recompense until after 2015 Representatives of most of the world's poor countries have walked out of increasingly fractious climate negotiations after the EU, Australia, the US and other developed countries insisted that the question of …
Warsaw talks on the need to have an international mechanism to address loss and damage arising out of climate change hit a dead end on Wednesday with the Australian delegation blocking any discussion. The bloc of developing countries, G-77 and China, which has been pushing for an international mechanism to …
