Statistically, flash floods are the number one storm-related killer in the United States. Heeding those warnings could mean the difference between life and death.

The World Bank's report highlights the urgent need for tailored financial tools—like parametric insurance and risk pools—to ...

And though certain sudden-onset disasters break through with social media pleas and a surge of donations, on balance the world’s most aid-dependent countries wind up as either have-somes or have ...

Emergencies take many forms, from sudden-onset disasters like the Russian invasion of Ukraine or the 2025 Myanmar earthquake, to slow-developing crises such as the prolonged hunger crisis in East ...

Simeoli said her small team of some 60 employees had assisted during "sudden-onset disasters, complex emergencies," including ...

Sudden onset disasters displace millions of people every year. Disasters, many of which are exacerbated by climate change, have a negative impact on investment in sustainable development and the ...

“When slow or sudden-onset disasters strike and threaten livelihoods, communities may resort to negative coping mechanisms, such as trafficking, sexual exploitation and harmful practices like ...

"Because it's not a sudden onset disaster, because it's a slow onset, we don't push back on it."While no country is untouched by global warming, there are multiple reasons that make India an outlier.

The disaster prompted Bangladesh to begin investing heavily in weather forecasting technology, ... who across the globe are often disproportionately affected by sudden-onset disasters. ...

The report adds that sudden-onset events cause destruction of livelihoods and displace affected populations. Well, many parts of the world are grappling with the same problem regardless of the cause.

Sudden onset disasters that kill the healthy do not themselves cause epidemics. Dead bodies, even when decomposing, are not a serious risk to public health unless the cause of death was an Ebola-like ...