Penny Gusner is a senior insurance writer and analyst at Forbes Advisor. For more than 20 years, she has been helping consumers learn how insurance laws, data, trends, and coverages affect them. Penny ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Scientists are warning that Himalayan glacial lakes are becoming a growing threat to communities downstream ...

Tom Robinson receives funding from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and the Natural Hazards Commission. The recent deaths of eight people in two New Zealand landslides has left the ...

The report Natural Disasters in MNA: A Regional Overview analyzes the risks the region faces and the measures and tools that the countries have adopted to enhance their preparedness. Developed by the ...

Natural disaster insurance is part of your regular home insurance, except coverage for flooding and earthquakes. Most homeowners insurance policies protect your property from wind, rainstorms, ...

Climate change is increasing the risk of ice-rock avalanches in the Himalaya while preparedness and recognition remain limited, according to a reassessment of the 2021 Chamoli disaster, lessons from ...