2024 Disasters in Numbers
<p>In 2024, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded 393 natural hazard-related disasters. These events caused 16,753 fatalities and affected 167.2 million people. Economic losses totaled US$241.95
Heat Waves
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Chinese most at risk of death from deadly heatwaves, study says
Deadly heatwaves could kill people working outdoors within hours in China's most populous, agricultural region by 2100 as a result of climate change, scientists said on Tuesday. The North China Plain,
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2017 UK's fifth warmest year on record, says Met Office
Last year was the fifth warmest on record for the UK, showing a clear warming trend above the long-term average, despite a wet summer last year and cold winter. The average temperature over the past
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Mapping the vulnerability of human health to extreme heat in the United States
This report was designed to inform state and local health departments, community planners, emergency preparedness professionals, and other stakeholders, as they prepare maps that convey useful knowledge
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District-level assessment of the ecohydrological resilience to hydroclimatic disturbances and its controlling factors in India
<p>The carbon and water cycles play an important role in ecosystem functioning and are linked to each other through different physical and biological processes. <a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/hydroclimatic_disturbances.pdf
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Too hot to handle? Expect more heat waves due to climate change, experts warn
The effects of climate change mean the world can expect higher temperatures and more frequent heat waves, climate experts have warned, with poor communities likely to be worst affected. Heat is neglected
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Japan to see warmer weather during August-October
Japan is expected to see warmer weather between August and October, the country’s official forecaster said on Wednesday. Eastern Japan, including the most densely populated Tokyo, has a 40 percent chance
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Japan's heat wave drives up food prices, prison inmate dies
Vegetable prices in Japan are spiking as much as 65 percent in the grip of a gruelling heat wave, which drove temperatures on Wednesday to records in some areas hit by flooding and landslides, hampering
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Heat-related deaths in Britain set to treble by 2050, UK lawmakers warn
Premature deaths from heatwaves in Britain could more than treble to around 7,000 a year by mid-century if the government does not take action, a committee of lawmakers said on Thursday. The warning
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The deadly scourge of weather extremities spooks Asia
TOKYO, Japan - Dealing with a very real impact of climate change, the Asian continent has been experiencing weather extremities over the last two months that has caused widespread death and devastation
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Japan heat wave deaths climb to 80 as authorities weigh preventive measures
Two weeks into Japan’s blistering heat wave, at least 80 people have died and thousands have been rushed to emergency rooms, as officials on Tuesday urged citizens to stay indoors to avoid temperatures