The state's disaster management framework, developed over years of dealing with floods, landslides and extreme weather events ...
A new global study covering 132 countries, Worldwide Job Losses Due to Natural Hazards, finds that each year, disasters and extreme heat are associated with the loss of around 90 million full‑time job ...
[Photo: An aerial view of a house in Gilchrist, Texas, that survived the destruction of Hurricane Ike in September 2008. Courtesy of Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA.] Natural disasters are becoming more ...
A worker in Thailand clears a road after a major flood. Disasters can threaten the infrastrucutre, investment climate, and human capital that jobs depend on. Photo credit: Adobe Stock At the World ...