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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Ahmedabad: Heat stroke claimed two lives last week
Two people died of heat stroke in the city last week, taking the total number of heat-related deaths this season to three. "When heat exhaustion is not addressed, heat stroke can follow. Untreated heat
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Heat wave scalds Kolkata on hottest day
KOLKATA: Warm winds singed the city on Monday and pushed the mercury up to 40.6°C — the highest maximum temperature of the season so far. It was also the highest recorded in June since at least 2005 and
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More of the Chinese Population Will Be Exposed to Heat Waves or Less Comfortable Weather Conditions
One of the major concerns in climate change studies is how the thermal conditions for the living environment of human beings will change in the future. In a paper recently published in Atmospheric
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Heat wave continues in Uttar Pradesh
The maximum temperature in the State capital touched 41.7 degrees Celsius, with Jhansi being the hottest place in Uttar Pradesh at 46.6 degrees C. According to the Met department, rain or thunderstorm
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Climate change: The families taking the EU to task
PARIS: Ten families and a group of reindeer-herding youngsters have filed suit against the European Union, seeking stronger measures against the global warming they say is already harming their livelihoods.
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Climate victims seek justice, in the courtroom and on the street
The climate justice movement highlights the fact that rich nations are overwhelmingly to blame for causing climate change, but t The climate justice movement highlights the fact that rich nations are
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Farmers worried as heat wave sweeps Uttarakhand
DEHRADUN/RUDRAPUR: Soaring mercury across the hill state has thrown life out of gear even as meteorologists predicted that the heat wave is likely to continue for some more days. With the temperature touching
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Ahmedabad at 44.6 degrees Celsius; heatwave alert for next 2 days
AHMEDABAD: If you think the heat is baking you right now, prepare to be roasted. The weather department has warned that heatwave conditions will prevail in north Gujarat and Kutch on Thursday and Friday.
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No respite for Delhi as heat wave to last till May 29
NEW DELHI: The national capital saw another scorching day on Wednesday with maximum temperature reaching 43 degree Celsius, three notches above the season's average, and is, along with north, central and
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Climate change will bring 'unbearable' heat to Kenya, Uganda, study predicts
Millions of Kenyans and Ugandans will experience extreme heat stress later this century as a result of climate change, a new US scientific study warns. “People living in already warm climates will have