The Insurance Council of New Zealand | Te Kāhui Inihui o Aotearoa (ICNZ) is urging the Government to provide stronger national direction to better manage natural hazards risks like flooding and ...

Insurance Council New Zealand says proposed National Policy Statement for Natural Hazards ‘doesn’t go far enough’ and calls ...

Earthquake: The shaking and vibration of a section of the Earth's crust due to the movement of the Earth's plates (plate ...

The researchers’ AI flagged more than 7,000 landslides within just three hours following an earthquake last year.View on euronews ...

In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria’s assault on the Caribbean island of Dominica in 2017, researchers made a heartbreaking ...

The New Zealand government is considering ending bailouts for homeowners affected by floods and landslides as it develops a framework for addressing the impact of climate change. The government has ...

Helene was a powerful reminder that natural hazards don’t disappear when the skies clear – they evolve. These transformations are part of what scientists call cascading hazards.

Natural hazards encompass a diverse range of natural processes and phenomena—from geophysical events such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis, to meteorological extremes ...