Disaster Economics

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Trump Approves Emergency Declarations for 12 States After Severe Winter Storm

Uncertainty over FEMA staffing clouds prospects for sustained recovery.

Italy Puts Cyclone Harry Damage at €2 Billion as Assessments Expand

Munich Re Says 2025 Disaster Losses Fell to $224 Billion as Non-Peak Perils Hit Record

A Year After L.A. Wildfires, Rebuilding Crawls as Calls for Accountability Grow

U.S. Logged 23 Billion-Dollar Disasters in 2025, Costing $115 Billion and 276 Lives

Evacuation Extended in Pimicikamak After Outage Reveals Widespread Home and Water-System Damage

Christian Aid Says 2025’s Costliest Climate Disasters Top $120 Billion

Vietnam Floods and Landslides Leave at Least 90 Dead, With Dak Lak Hit Hardest

Jamaica Triggers Full Catastrophe Bond as Hurricane Melissa’s Costs Soar Beyond Safeguards

Ofunato Wildfire Loss Tops ¥10 Billion as Forest Damage Set at ¥5.94 Billion

Nonprofit Revives U.S. Billion-Dollar Disaster Tracker, Reports Record $101.4 Billion in First‑Half 2025 Losses

Mexico Deploys 90,000 Liters of Potable Water to Hurricane-Hit Puebla, Hidalgo, Veracruz

Audit Finds ¥20.37 Billion Surplus in Quake-Recovery SME Fund, Seeks Treasury Return

IMF Flags Rs400bn Tax Shortfall as Pakistan Seeks 3.5% Growth Target in IMF Talks

Peer-Reviewed Study Finds Fourfold Rise in Costliest Wildfires, Maps Global Hotspots

Vietnam Lifts Typhoon Bualoi Death Toll to 51 as Banks Urged to Support Hit Firms

Punjab Deploys 1,629 Teams for Provincewide Flood Damage Survey

PM Orders One-Week Flood Damage Audit, Fast-Track Relief and M-5 Repair

DHS Approves $44 Million for Helene and Chantal as North Carolina Waits for Reimbursements

Kishtwar Flagged as J&K’s Highest GLOF Risk as Probe Points to Twin Cloudbursts in Chasoti Tragedy