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Earthquake
 
Astro AWANI - Buletin Awani - August 2, 2023
More than 227,000 buildings were destroyed or severely damaged, according to government figures. - BERNAMA/Filepic KAHRAMANMARAS (Turkiye ...
... already launched construction projects of more than 180,000 new houses in the earthquake-hit region which spans over a large territory ...
 
 
Wildfire
 
CBC.ca - August 2, 2023
Pacheco (right), with members of his 20-person crew from Mexico. At home, Pacheco leads wildfire response for the state of Durango. (Tom ...
 
International Fire & Safety Journal - August 2, 2023
The significance of the Home Ignition Zone in reducing wildfire risks ...
... combined research by Dr. Cohen and the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) underpins that the immediate zone or non ...
 
Yahoo UK & Ireland - Sports News - August 2, 2023
Wildfires across the European Union have laid waste to approximately 260,000 hectares of land so far this year, damaging infrastructure, ...
Villagers watch a firefighting plane drop water to stop a raging forest fire from reaching their homes in Chao de Codes, central Portugal ...
 
The Weather Network - July 31, 2023
... that have made ignitions more likely.” In the meantime, Health Canada advised people to pay attention to the Air Quality Health Index ...
 
The Weather Network - July 29, 2023
... 15 years of experience fighting fires, says the heavy rains back home and the historic wildfire season in Canada show the global scale ...
 
 
Storm
 
Los Angeles Times - August 2, 2023
... (Reed Saxon / Associated Press) ...
... single-family homes on Oahu, an island of 1 million people that’s home to Honolulu, have no hurricane protections. That lack of ...
 
 
Flood & sewer backup
 
MSN Canada - August 1, 2023
... 000 people had to be evacuated from Beijing's Mentougou district as flood waters gushed into homes. - Pedro Pardo/AFP/Getty Images © ...
 
Canadian Underwriter - July 28, 2023
... an insured loss total for the floods will be a challenge, Glenn McGillivray, managing director at the Institute for Catastrophic Loss ...
 
 
Windstorm
 
WRAL-TV - August 2, 2023
A powerful EF-3 tornado touched down near Rocky Mount on July 19, 2023, damaging a Pfizer storage warehouse at the pharmaceutical ...
U.S. market. Pfizer tornado damage: July 19, 2023, North Carolina tornado injured people, destroyed homes “Many weeks’ worth” of the ...
 
Global News - July 29, 2023
Sills with the Northern Tornadoes Project, which aims to assess Canada’s true climatology to improve the country’s models for tornado ...
 
Bowen Island Undercurrent - July 28, 2023
... tornado deaths in mobile homes would be going down with time and they are not, NOAA National Severe Storms Lab tornado scientist Harold ...
 
 
Climate Change
 
Portland Press Herald - August 1, 2023
Too few homebuyers have the right information to make decisions amid rising sea levels. Some states are moving in the right direction, but ...
... to forgo certain property characteristics and amenities – to buy a home with better flood ratings. That study adds to a 2022 paper by ...
 
 
Other
 
Daily Commercial News - July 31, 2023
... of the most costly and widespread hazards, it said. Annual coastal flood damage to buildings and homes is projected to increase to $300 ...
 
 
Mitigation & Prevention
 
United States Chamber of Commerce - July 28, 2023
Disasters pose a significant financial burden on affected individuals and communities, as well as the broader economy. This impact only ...
... seen in the recent rise of natural disasters across the country. Roy Wright, President & Chief Financial Officer at IBHS , noted that grant ...
 
 
Extreme heat & drought
 
Texarkana Gazette - July 29, 2023
SUN CITY, Ariz. - It was 6:15 p.m., 110 degrees, the speakers were playing "Hot Blooded" by Foreigner and the seniors of suburban Phoenix ...
... from spending time outside, like he usually loves to do. After Hurricane Ian totaled his mobile home last September, Sull has been ...