By Gerry McGovernSue Branford Neither Porto Alegre, Brazil, nor Valencia, Spain, are in the news this week. But they have ...

At least 13 people died and 4 others were reported missing in southeastern Brazil Sunday due to storms and floods caused by the passage of an extratropical cyclone (low-pressure system), according ...

Perils has updated its industry-loss estimate for the September floods in Central Europe and Italy to EUR2.19bn ($2.4bn).

Extreme weather events affected at least 1.17 million children in Brazil last year, primarily involving floods and droughts ... 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events ...

Zurich-based catastrophe insurance data provider PERILS has disclosed its third industry loss estimate for the floods in ...

A trial as to whether Australian mining giant BHP is liable for one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters concludes in ...