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Half the deaths from Atlantic hurricanes are down to storm surge. People in vulnerable regions need to be aware of what it is and how it threatens their safety.

Donald Trump’s divisive rhetoric and a bad joke from one of this surrogates may have finally gone too far.

Communications networks are a crucial part of any disaster planning. Resilient communications systems determine how effective emergency responses can be.

It might be time to reschedule football season. With rising temperatures, poorer air quality and a worsening hurricane season, climate change threatens the future of the American sport.

After a baffling, silent attack on US Embassy staff in Havana, the Trump administration is using concern over its diplomats’ health as an excuse to reverse Obama’s rapprochement with Cuba.

Warming ocean water is ‘rocket fuel’ for increasingly destructive hurricanes.

Insurance-linked securities aim to shield insurers and governments from huge costs following disasters. But they bear eerie similarities to the securities that caused the 2008 financial meltdown.

Increasingly severe losses for insurers due to climate change could result in a global financial crisis.

A survey of recent global trends in temperature and rainfall – and a lesson for Mr Trump on the difference between weather and climate.

Bigger storms will mean rich countries owe an even bigger debt to former colonies.