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  • Thursday, 9 April, 2026
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  • Tuesday, 27 January, 2026
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    More than half a million people remain without electricity, with Mississippi, Tennessee and Louisiana hardest hit

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  • Wednesday, 21 January, 2026
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  • Tuesday, 20 January, 2026
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    LA fires dominated insured losses of $127bn in 2025, says Aon

    Industry report highlights persistence of inadequate coverage for disasters in emerging markets

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  • Thursday, 8 January, 2026
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    Australia evacuates towns as dangerous heatwave triggers blazes

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  • Thursday, 8 January, 2026
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    Climate insurance legal action surges as property damage costs rise

    Extreme weather events drive business disruption litigation

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    KLM warns of de-icer shortage after Schiphol snowstorms

    Stranded passengers may have to wait days for alternative flights after hundreds of cancellations

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  • Wednesday, 31 December, 2025
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    Reinsurers extend profit boom as they cut cover to cope with disasters

    Broker Guy Carpenter says profitability increased 2 percentage points to 18% in 2025

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  • Friday, 5 December, 2025
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    ‘Too hot to handle’: climate change pushing Arab region to limits, says WMO

    Stretch of 22 countries is warming at twice the global average, inaugural UN agencies report shows

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  • Thursday, 4 December, 2025
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    Flood death toll surpasses 1,500 across south-east Asia

    Several million people affected across Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Vietnam, with tens of thousands in shelters

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  • Tuesday, 18 November, 2025
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    Philippine ministers resign as graft scandal escalates

    Mounting corruption allegations linked to flood projects have undermined investor confidence and economic growth

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  • Monday, 10 November, 2025
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