In Venezuela, a rescue operation in La Guaira has succeeded in getting a toddler out alive from under the rubble, six days ...

Groundbreaking research from the University of Strathclyde which reveals many of the most damaging disasters are multi-hazard and not single events has been featured in a UN report. The study, led by ...

The defining climate story of 2025 was that they unfolded across regions with very different income levels, governance structures and climate readiness, yet produced strikingly similar failures.

During a press conference Tuesday, the UN World Food Program (WFP) raised concerns about the humanitarian situation worsening in Haiti with the coming hurricane season. The WFP said that political ...

CHICAGO, May 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Environmental & Public Health International® (EPHI) announced that its UNEP-recognized Lead Service Line Replacement Cost Calculator® (LSLRCC) has been ...

MANILA, Philippines — Disasters, including those wrought by fiercer storms, are threatening more people and could derail economic progress in the Asia Pacific region if governments don't invest more ...

27 May 2025 — As countries face increasingly steep bills from natural hazards, the true cost of disasters is actually 10 times higher than previously estimated, with far-reaching effects across ...

In 2026, 239 million people need urgent humanitarian assistance following a 2025 marked by severe cuts to humanitarian operations and a record number of deadly attacks against aid workers. Wars, ...

As climate change makes disasters such as cyclones, floods and droughts more intense, more frequent and striking more places, fewer people are dying from those catastrophes globally because of better ...