In 2024, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded 393 natural hazard-related disasters. These events caused 16,753 fatalities and affected 167.2 million people. Economic losses totaled US$241.95 billion. The year 2024 was marked by extreme temperature events in Asia that caused thousands of deaths, severe droughts in Africa affecting over 25 …
The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck the central Philippines rose to 93, the police said today, as more reports trickled in about toppled buildings and historic churches near the epicentre. Bohol police chief Dennis Agustin said 77 of the deaths came from the province, where the quake …
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake killed at least 32 people across the central Philippines on Tuesday, toppling buildings and historic churches and sending terrified residents into deadly stampedes. Panic ensued as people spilled out on the street after the quake struck at 8:12 a.m. It was centered about 20 miles below Carmen …
Though Godzilla isn't listed as a threat, Tokyo has the dubious distinction of being the world's most vulnerable city when it comes to natural disasters, according to a report released Wednesday by reinsurance firm Swiss Re. "When we look at river flood, storm surge, tsunami, wind storm and earthquake combined, …
Japan on Sunday began switching off its last operating nuclear reactor for an inspection, with no date scheduled for a restart amid strong public hostility towards atomic power. The move will leave the world’s third largest economy without atomic energy for the second time since the Fukushima nuclear crisis erupted …
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked Alaska's Aleutian Islands with a jet-like rumble Friday that shook homes and sent residents scrambling for cover. "I heard it coming," said Kathleen Nevzoroff, who was sitting at her computer in the tiny Aleutians village of Adak when the major temblor struck at 8:25 a.m. …
A World Bank policy note has asked the government to improve the national disaster management fund and create city emergency centres in major urban centres. The policy note also recommends establishing linkages between city emergency centres and current disaster management structures at federal, provincial and district levels to ensure timely …
Highly radioactive water from Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is pouring out at a rate of 300 tonnes a day, officials said on Wednesday, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered the government to step in and help in the clean-up. The admission indicates that two and a half years after …
The measures will be implemented at a cost of Rs 44 cr The Jagatsinghpur district administration is all set to implement cyclone mitigation measures (CMM) at the site of the Posco project for protection against natural disasters and saline inundation. These measures will be implemented at a cost of Rs …
Speakers at a meeting of national coordination body of the Mangroves for Future (MFF) programme on Thursday called for protection and conservation of mangrove forests which, they said, played a vital role in not only protecting coastline from soil erosion but also shielded coastal communities from cyclones and tsunamis. They …
India's disaster relief agency suffers from "critical gaps" in its preparedness for calamities, making it largely ineffective when responding to the numerous disasters the country faces such as floods and earthquakes, a government auditor's report has said. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) - set up in 2006 and chaired …
A powerful earthquake struck a border area of southeast Iran Tuesday killing at least 35 people in neighbouring Pakistan, destroying hundreds of houses and shaking buildings as far away as India and Gulf Arab states. Communications with the sparsely-populated desert and mountain region were largely cut off, making it difficult …
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia's mountainous West Papua province on Saturday but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The quake hit 256 km (159 miles) east of Enarotali and was 58 km (36 miles) deep, the U.S. Geological Survey said. An Indonesian meteorological survey official …
Natural and man-made disasters caused $186 billion (152 billion euros) in damages worldwide last year, according to a calculation released on Wednesday by the Swiss re-insurance group Swiss Re. Of that sum, insurance companies were exposed to claims of up to $77 billion, which would make 2012 the third most …
The country received some ¥164 billion in disaster aid from abroad in the first year after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, a think tank survey showed. The amount was equivalent to some 40 percent of the roughly ¥400 billion in donations for the disasters collected here, the International Development …
Two 1.5-metre-high waves damage property and leave several people missing, presumed dead Tsunami alerts across the south Pacific region cancelled following a magnitude-8 earthquake. Link to video: Tsunami alerts cancelled after Solomon earthquake A powerful earthquake off the Solomon Islands generated a tsunami up to 1.5 metres (5ft) high that …
After decades of market dominance, high profitability and the creation of strong shareholder value, Japan's nuclear utilities have seen their fortunes turn in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. They have suffered large declines in returns and share prices, and have experienced only limited recovery, with 48 out of …
Japan's new government said on Friday it hoped to stick to a three year deadline to decide whether to restart all nuclear reactors after safety checks, despite the country's newly formed nuclear regulator saying the deadline was impossible to meet. Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, who is also responsible for energy …
The earthquake and tsunami in Japan on 11 March 2011 led to releases of radioactive material into the environment from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. This health risk assessment is intended to give an indication of the potential public health implications of the accident to support the identification of …
A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of central Indonesia today, the US Geological Survey said, sending panicked people rushing into the streets but there was no tsunami alert. The quake struck at 0916 GMT more than 160 kilometres south-southeast of Gorontalo in central Indonesia’s Sulawesi island at a …
A major 7.1-magnitude earthquake shook eastern Indonesia’s Maluku islands on Monday but there was no tsunami alert, the US Geological Survey said. The quake hit at 1653 GMT some 365 kilometres south-southeast of Ambon in the Maluku islands at a relatively deep 157 km, it said, revising its strength down …
