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
Natural Disasters
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Haneda closes one runway due to flooding as storms pummel eastern Japan
Haneda closes one runway due to flooding as storms pummel eastern Japan Tuesday 08th April, 01:48 PM JST TOKYO
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Canal breach inundates standing crops
Standing crops including wheat and some localities were inundated as rainwater caused a 20-feet wide breach in Rajbah Mison near Alipur on Shah Jewna-Lalian Road, about some 40-km from here last night. According to reports, Alipur, Thattha Karana, Chund Phatak, Basti Odan Wali and other adjoining localities and fields were flooded with water due to this breach. Some mud houses in the areas were also collapsed. However, no loss of life was reported.
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Concerted effort can control climate change: Minister
Climate change, a creation of mankind has brought many ills to the world, but a solution is not far off as long as a concerted effort involving all countries is made to protect the environment sooner than later, Healthcare and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said. Addressing media personnel at a seminar conducted to mark
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Earthquake Shakes Tokyo, No Damage Reported
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 shook Tokyo buildings on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The earthquake registered four out of seven on a Japanese scale of quake intensity, a government agency said, a level that suggests hanging objects would swing considerably but there was unlikely to be serious damage. The agency said it saw no tsunami threat from the quake.
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Hurricane Price Tags Soaring On Crowded US Coast
Hurricane Price Tags Soaring On Crowded US Coast US: April 7, 2008 MIAMI - The damage caused to US coastal cities by hurricanes promises to rise into the stratosphere, raising concerns about a possible $500 billion storm and prompting calls for tougher building codes. Devastating hurricanes like 1992's Andrew and Katrina of 2005 have failed to put a dent in massive construction along the hurricane-vulnerable Atlantic and Gulf coasts, where millions of people face evacuation when a storm threatens.
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Drought Grows Slightly In Eastern Australian Farmlands
Drought Grows Slightly In Eastern Australian Farmlands AUSTRALIA: April 7, 2008 SYDNEY - A key part of Australia's eastern farmlands slipped further into drought in March but record crops were still expected if good rains fell soon, New South Wales Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald said on Sunday. New South Wales, one of Australia's biggest agricultural states, was hit hardest by the country's worst drought in 100 years before rain began falling early this year.
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Boro land submerged in flash flood
Boro land submerged in flash flood United News of Bangladesh . Jamalpur Flash flood in river Jamuna has submerged standing boro paddy fields of several hundred acres in char and low lying areas along the river. Farmers were seen on Saturday cutting the half ripen boro paddy in the affected areas of Islampur, Dewanganj and Sarishabari upazila.
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Tornado hits central Arkansas
Tornado hits central Arkansas By Mike Wintroath, AP A tree lays across a car at a home in Little Rock, early Friday, April 4, 2008. A tornado hit parts of Little Rock and its suburbs Thursday, injuring an unknown number of people while damaging businesses and downing trees and power lines.
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Intermittent rains damage crops
The unseasonal rains with dust storm in Rajasthan in the last three consecutive days have damaged the harvested crops. In the last 24 hours, 12 mm rainfall was recorded in Sikar district, followed by 4.6 in Jodhpur and 4.2 in Barmer district respectively, according to the Met department. The considerable drop in maximum temperature in entire the state have brought back chill in the air. The mercury is expected to remain low in the coming days even during daytime, met office department said.
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Dhaka urges developed countries to help check food price hike
Dhaka urges developed countries to help check food price hike United News of Bangladesh . New York The foreign adviser, Iftekhar Ahmed, has urged the surplus developed countries to do more to rein in the rising food price.