By J Brian Houston and Jennifer M First When major disasters hit, the first priority is to keep people safe. This process can involve dramatic evacuations, rescues and searches.

The mental health impact of disasters like Hurricane Michael or Irma

Hurricane Maria picked up strength and roared towards the Leeward Islands on Monday on a track that could whip several eastern Caribbean islands

Maria now a major Category 3 hurricane: US weather forecaster

One man was killed when he slipped as he was trying to shore up his restaurant

Typhoon in central Vietnam, several areas flooded

"These two events are expected to result in high insured losses, which the market and?Munich?Re are unable to quantify at the moment," it said in a statement on Wednesday.

Munich Re makes first warning by reinsurer on Harvey, Irma impact

Irma was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm on Monday.

Florida hit by power cuts as storm Irma weakens

Irma hit a wide swath of Florida over the past day, first making landfall on the Florida Keys archipelago and then coming ashore south of Naples before heading up the west coast

Tropical Storm Irma floods northern Florida after hammering south

Irma has been downgraded to a Category 3 storm but forecasters believed it would regain strength as it approaches Florida

More than 6 million under evacuation orders in Florida as Hurricane Irma closes in

The fierce storm was zeroing in on Florida, churning some 395 kilometers away from Miami and packing still powerful maximum sustained winds of 155 miles per hour

Hurricane Irma hurls towards Florida, costs France more than 1 bn euros

Irma set to make landfall in Florida on Sunday

Irma lashes Cuba as Category 5 storm after killing 21 in Caribbean

Five people were killed in the British Virgin Islands as a result of Hurricane Irma and another died in Anguilla, officials said on Saturday

Six dead in British Caribbean after Hurricane Irma

The category 5 storm has caused massive damage to property killing at least one person in Barbuda

Hurricane Irma reduces Caribbean island Barbuda to rubble

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