Natural disasters

As extreme weather events recur with regularity, citizens are left to navigate uncertainty of impending disaster

6.0 magnitude earthquake jolts Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Murree

Losses from natural catastrophes covered by insurance sector amounted to $132b, says insurance broker Aon

Around 207 natural disasters were recorded globally during the year

Beijing suffered $11.5B worth of economic losses in last six months, says state media report

Pakistan is classified as one of the countries most at risk of negative climate change impacts

Zartaj Gul urges public to adopt practice of water conservation

Hurricane Michael made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm

They will help gather real-time data about flood situation, water flows

Epicentre of 4.8 magnitude earthquake was 12km beneath the ground

Bibi Jehan gathered women from her devastated village and set up honey farms

Authorities says the 7.3-magnitude quake also caused injuries to 6,700 people

112,464 lives also lost since 1947, says audit report on NDMA activities

Event highlights natural disasters and their different categories

Rescue 1122 officials conduct mock exercise on handling calamities

About 1,297 people were injured and 4.5m affected since 2014

CM says hazard and risk maps will be used to plan new housing schemes

In the period from 1996 to 2015, 7,056 disasters were recorded worldwide

Special prayers were offered in mosques for eternal peace for the victims

Vietnam and Bangladesh have begun looking at designing and implementing disaster-resilient infrastructure systems

Rescuers are searching for people in the southern prefecture of Kumamoto

DMC says 67 bodies have been recovered from the worst hit central district of Kegalle

Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake says 35,000 homes damaged in heaviest rains in 25 years

'Floodwater levels in parts of the capital subsided a little overnight' disaster officials say

The government has deployed troops to evacuate people living on slopes or in flood-hit areas

Storms struck across five states after weeks of heatwave temperatures regularly topping 40C

The workers, who were building a hotel, were asleep when the landslide hit their camp

Natural disasters are something that are inevitable in Pakistan

Country suffers from poor governance, weak infrastructure

Monsoon rain likely to increase, extend to northern parts of K-P

Yasmeen Lari was inspired to rethink post-disaster construction after 2010 floods

UN humanitarian coordinator visits Chitral, discusses mitigation measures

Says barely 5% was chipped in by international donors.