The “perfect storm” is a phrase often invoked to suggest a combination of rare events that generate something unusually large and adverse. Often used in meteorological contexts, “perfect storms” ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance. A new study by DJC Law sought to identify the most dangerous ...

The numbers are staggering, and they keep getting worse. The United States experienced 27 separate billion-dollar weather and ...

"Stop Disasters," an online video game developed by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), teaches young people how to reduce risks linked to flooding, hurricanes and other ...

Federal agencies sent thousands of personnel to support response efforts to recent disasters such as Hurricanes Helene and Milton and the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires. But the concurrent disasters and ...

When I first delved into the study on hurricane preparedness among communities in Florida, I was struck by a paradox. Here we have a group of individuals living in one of the most hurricane-prone ...

Remnants of homes completely destroyed in 2024 by Hurricane Helene in Keaton Beach, Florida where the catastrophic hurricane made landfall. Alicia Devine/Tallahassee Democrat Alicia Devine/Tallahassee ...

In Southeast Asia, floods, typhoons, and landslides repeatedly disrupt lives, jobs, and economic activities. Between 2015 and 2020, disasters cost ASEAN countries more than $11 billion. As climate ...

FINANCE Minister Fayval Williams says she is prepared to go to Parliament to argue for a much larger disaster insurance and contingency framework, as pressure grows for Jamaica to spend more upfront ...