Swiss Re said the high losses were the result of disasters striking areas of large exposure and asset concentration.

RALEIGH — The Watauga High School Playmakers continue to earn praise and recognition for their play “Surge.” On Jan. 8, the ...

The French territory of Mayotte was battered by a new tropical storm Sunday, just weeks after the worst cyclone to hit the islands in nearly a century laid waste to entire neighborhoods and villages ...

Cyclone Dikeledi was moving away from the French territory of Mayotte on Sunday but the archipelago will remain under red ...

Residents still coping without power and heat were preparing Friday for a new winter storm as power line crews worked to get ...

A fishing stage is the heart of any outport community, explained Pound Cove resident Dana Blackmore. It holds so many memories of lessons passed down from generation to generation. "The grandparents ...

As a hurricane approaches a coast, the churning winds force ocean water up onto land. Atmospheric pressure from the storm ...

Storm surges often are the most deadly and destructive phenomena to accompany a hurricane or tropical cyclone.

Over the last 20 years, large floods were associated with up to 24.9 percent higher death rates from major mortality causes in the U.S. compared to ...

PARIS — The number of tropical cyclones each year has not risen over the past four decades but their intensity has, according to international databases analyzed by Agence France-Presse (AFP) that ...

Jan–Nov 2024 was the warmest such period on record—2.30°F (1.28°C) above the 20th-century average. According to the #NCEI ...

Covering everything from pets to property, our guide has tips on how to keep safe when a storm is forecast by the Met Office When ... but it can also affect electrics inside - a power surge from ...