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Insurers paid out $50 billion for natural disasters in 2016
Last year was the costliest twelve months for natural catastrophe damage after three years of relatively low losses, and above the 10-year average of $45.1 billion
1 min read4 Jan 2017US jobless claims rise, but labour market still strong
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 13,000 to a seasonally adjusted 260,000 for the week ended 15 October, according to the labour department
1 min read20 Oct 2016End poverty to curb deaths from disasters: Outgoing UN chief Ban Ki-moon
Outgoing UN chief Ban Ki-moon warns 'hundreds of millions of people' are at risk of rising seas, earthquakes, and climate and weather extremes
2 min read13 Oct 2016Hurricane Matthew toll in Haiti rises to 1,000, dead buried in mass graves
The official death toll from the central civil protection agency is 336, a slower count because officials must visit each village to confirm the numbers
1 min read10 Oct 2016Hurricane Matthew: More than a million people remain in the dark
Almost 764,000 homes and businesses were still in the dark in Florida, and more than 687,000 had lost power in Georgia and North and South Carolina
1 min read9 Oct 2016Hurricane Matthew death toll nears 900 in Haiti, cholera takes lives
Hurricane Matthew death toll soars to 877, tens of thousands left homeless and outbreaks of cholera already claiming more lives in Haiti
3 min read8 Oct 2016Hurricane Matthew: Death and destruction in Haiti
Matthew, the first major hurricane threatening a direct hit on the US in more than 10 years, lashed Florida on Friday with heavy rains and winds after killing at least 339 people in Haiti on its destructive march north through the Caribbean. In images
7 Oct 2016Death toll soars to 842 in Haiti from Hurricane Matthew: officials
With the numbers rising quickly, different government agencies and committees differed on the total death toll
1 min read7 Oct 2016Hurricane Matthew is a $15 billion threat headed to Florida
Hurricane Matthew is expected to become a Category 4 storm as it approaches the US East Coast
3 min read6 Oct 2016Hurricane Matthew moves into Bahamas after battering Haiti
At least 11 deaths had been blamed on Hurricane Matthew during its weeklong march across the Caribbean, five of them in Haiti
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