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Extreme Weather, Natural Disasters Led To $45 Billion In Insurance Losses In 2013

Extreme Weather, Natural Disasters Led To $45 Billion In Insurance Losses In 2013 © HUFFINGTON POST 26/03/ 2014 GENEVA (AP) — Disasters such as floods in Europe, winter storms in the U.S. and typhoons in Asia cost insurance companies $45 billion in 2013, a leading Swiss firm said Wednesday. The sum represents only about a third of the $140… Read More »

Natural Disaster Costs Have Quadrupled In Past 3 Decades, European Official Says

Natural Disaster Costs Have Quadrupled In Past 3 Decades, European Official Says © HUFFINGTON POST 6/05/2014  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The average annual cost of natural disasters has quadrupled over the last three decades and it makes economic sense to boost spending on preparedness to ensure a stable future, a senior European official said Thursday. Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner… Read More »

Disaster Housing Gets A Surprising Makeover In New York City

Disaster Housing Gets A Surprising Makeover In New York City © HUFFINGTON POST 7/01/2014  When you think about your surroundings during a natural disaster, style isn’t ever likely to come to mind. Thankfully, New Yorkers, the Office of Emergency Management has done the thinking for you, unveiling a housing unit designed to ride out relief efforts when the next “superstorm”… Read More »

Earthquake Shakes Southern Mexico

Earthquake Shakes Southern Mexico © HUFFINGTON POST 7/07/2014 GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A magnitude-6.9 earthquake on the Pacific Coast jolted a wide area of southern Mexico and Central America Monday, killing at least three people while damaging homes, hospitals and churches. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit at 6:23 a.m. (7:23 a.m. EDT; 11:23 GMT) on the… Read More »

Exo units: the shelters redefining emergency housing

Exo units: the shelters redefining emergency housing © The Guardian 3/04/2014 After Hurricane Katrina forced thousands of people into makeshift tents and trailers in 2005, Reaction Housing wanted to create emergency accommodation for people made homeless by natural disasters that was safer, cheaper and faster to deploy in times of crisis. Read more on: http://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/gallery/2014/apr/03/exo-units-shelters-emergency-housing-gallery

Next Story Typhoon Rammasun: China Girds For Massive Storm

Next Story Typhoon Rammasun: China Girds For Massive Storm © HUFFINGTON POST 18/07/2014 BEIJING (AP) — A powerful typhoon killed one person and damaged several houses on the southern Chinese island of Hainan on Friday after claiming 54 lives in the Philippines. Next Story Typhoon Rammasun: China Girds For Massive StormTyphoon Rammasun made landfall on Hainan southwest of Hong… Read More »

Haiti Demolition Unleashes New Wave Of Homelessness After Poor Renters Given Minutes To Leave

Haiti Demolition Unleashes New Wave Of Homelessness After Poor Renters Given Minutes To Leave © HUFFINGTON POST 24/07/2014 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The broad avenues in the Haitian government’s promotional material are clean and unbroken, dotted with palm trees, parks and manicured expanses of grass. The new ministry buildings are sleek and modern but retain some of the neo-classical… Read More »

Woodward, OK Tornado 2012: Warnings Saved Lives In Deadly Midwest Storms

Woodward, OK Tornado 2012: Warnings Saved Lives In Deadly Midwest Storms © HUFFINGTON POST 16/04/2012 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Forecasters who issued dire warnings ahead of last weekend’s tornado outbreak in the Midwest deemed the effort a success Monday, largely because dozens of tornadoes hit yet caused only a handful of deaths. But they expressed concern about future public… Read More »

Volcanoes

Volcanoes are dramatic evidence of the powerful forces at work inside the Earth. Eruptions of ash, gas and lava destroy entire cities and kill large numbers of people. Volcanoes also add nutrients to soils, creating perfect conditions for many crops. Some types of volcano make new sections of the tectonic platesthat make up the surface of the Earth. Without volcanoes and… Read More »

Tsunamis

A tsunami, sometimes referred to as a tidal wave, is a series of ocean waves created when anearthquake or other major disturbance displaces a large volume of water. Powerful tsunamis such as the 2004 Indian Ocean event can devastate coastal regions as the waves sweep far inland. Following a quake, tsunamis can travel for thousands of miles. For example,… Read More »