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
Storms
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JAPAN
Volunteers with mountain-climbing expe rience have been employed to plant trees on the slopes of Mikurajima island, south of Tokyo. Landslides had devastated the greenery on these slopes when a
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Restoring mangroves
Researchers attempt to reclaim degraded mangrove forests
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Irreparable damage
It will take 200 years for France to restore its forests that were devastated by storms
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Hurricane happy
Hurricanes, like Floyd, which lashed the eastern coast of USA in mid-September, may take a heavy toll on human settlements near the coasts, but there is good news for algae, going by the findings of
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Umbrella for the Earth
A solar sail may soon shield the Earth against solar storms. The sail will be stationed between the Earth and the Sun and will give warnings of solar storms that cause serious damage to phone
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Under siege
A deadly cyclone causes large scale devastation in Orissa. Authorities fail on all counts
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Dam travails
A breach in the Bhakra Nangal dam in Punjab inundates more than 1,215 hectares of agricultural land
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Cool predictions
The link between Atlantic temperatures and an atmospheric effect that influence winters could lead to prediction of stormy winters in Europe
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FOLLOW UP
Massive relief operations are underway to rescue tens of thousands of people who became victims of Hurricane Mitch, mostly in Nicaragua and Honduras. The death toll, which is estimated
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Apple failure
APPLE crop in Kashmir was extensively damaged by massive windstorms. Apple is the primary fruit of Kashmir. Earlier, the state suffered from a prolonged dry spell, which also affected the production