disaster
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The report proposes 10 priority transitions, ranging from reducing black-carbon emissions and expanding glacier monitoring to improving disaster early-warning systems and changing the way tourism is developed in the mountains.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Why regulators didn’t intervene early enough to avert disaster remains a matter for investigators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
In 2021, a similar disaster in Uttarakhand killed more than 200 people after a massive flood swept through the Rishiganga and Dhauliganga valleys.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Rescuers in Nepal have retrieved 1,385 bodies, while around 5,130 people are missing, according to the disaster agency on Friday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
The goal was for Chase to quickly find high ground, then plot a route that would get him out of town before the disaster caught up with him.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
Some 18% of Indian land is Himalayan, yet the region accounts for about 35% of disasters, according to the report.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
In France, premiums for multirisk home insurance, which includes natural disasters, rose 8.4% in 2025, according to France Assureurs, an industry group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Not all disasters are foreseeable but those that relate to geology, like landslides and glacier collapses, can often be detected early in the data, if there is capacity to spot the pattern.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
One key reason for the rise in insurance costs is that carriers are factoring in recent disasters.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
The rest of us were all sitting around, talking about spaceship disasters.
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
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