Primary perils such as quakes and hurricanes could drive global insured losses to more than $300bn in a peak year, according to the Swiss Re Institute. Swiss Re's head of catastrophe perils Balz ...

Imagine waking up to a world turned upside down overnight—homes gone, lives changed, and cities left in ruins. That’s the ...

Faced with the possibility of “peak year” insured losses exceeding $300 billion, the Swiss Re Institute has suggested that ...

A little over 30 years ago, Hurricane Andrew came ashore over South Florida, destroying everything in its path. I owe my life to the safe room my family had prepared. Our house was a complete loss ...

Life-saving forecasting systems are being gutted, leaving communities dangerously exposed to intensifying extreme weather ...

Spokeo compared data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Social Security Administration to see how ...

For the past two decades, the Pigeon River has been Clyde's biggest enemy. Four major floods during that timeframe have destroyed homes and livelihoods, leaving longtime residents — many of whom have ...

The administration’s offensives take more the shape of a hurricane than a tornado – sustained winds over a widening mass of territory rather than a path of destruction confined to a narrow area.

The same cold front that blasted Wyoming with winter thunderstorms caused tornadoes, 80 mph winds and baseball- to softball-sized hail in eastern Nebraska. It left a huge swath of destruction behind.

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius loosed a deadly pyroclastic surge on the wealthy seaside town of Herculaneum, burying everything in its path (a marble ... outside Italy. The destruction of Pompeii ...

Hurricane Andrew struck the US in August 1992. The local Bulgarian newspapers reported on the destruction and lost lives. A striking satellite photo of the hurricane sparked my interest in ...