Forty-two people died in a crush during a pre-season game at the Oppenheimer Stadium in the mining town of Orkney between the ...

The technical report has a World Risk Index, which breaks down the disaster risk of 193 countries. The Philippines tops this year's ranking of high-risk countries, followed by Indonesia ...

Disasters hurt the poor and vulnerable the most. Over the past decade, the World Bank has emerged as the global leader in disaster risk management, supporting client countries to assess exposure to ...

The World Bank Annual Report 2024 outlines transformative strategies to combat global challenges like poverty, climate change ...

This joint report by the OECD and the World Bank takes stock of how a sample of governments in OECD and non-OECD countries manage the implications of natural disasters for public finances. The ...

A disaster-weary globe will be hit harder in the coming years by even more catastrophes colliding in an interconnected world, a United Nations report issued Monday says. If current trends continue ...

And now, the World Meteorological Organisation ... cyclone being the leading cause of reported deaths. The report outlines that these disasters cost Asia upwards of US $1.4 trillion in economic ...

In a pioneering step for disaster management, QUAKECore Network is creating a decentralized seismic sensor network to detect early signs of natural disasters, such as earthquakes, tsunamis ...