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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Question raised in Lok Sabha on loss due to floods and thunder storms, 03/03/2020
<p>Question raised in Lok Sabha on loss due to floods and thunder storms, 03/03/2020. Several States in the country have been affected by natural calamities including thunder storms and floods during 2019-20.</p><a
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Florida Climate Outlook-Assessing Physical and Economic Impacts through 2040
<p>Climate change is affecting Florida today, and those effects will become more significant in the years to come. This introduction provides basic information on recent temperature trends in Florida,
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Natural disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2000-2019
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is the second most disaster-prone region in the world. Some 152 million people have been affected by 1,205 disasters (2000-2019). Although many hazards are cyclical
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Tornadoes rip through Kansas after one killed, scores hurt by Ohio twisters
Several tornadoes reportedly touched down on Tuesday evening in Kansas to damage homes, uproot trees and rip down power lines, the National Weather Service (NWS) said. About 20 tornadoes, including
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When the Extreme Becomes the Norm: Svalbard Reindeer Cope with Dramatic Climate Change
Climate change is increasing the likelihood of extreme winter rain events in the Arctic. These kinds of winter storms on Norway’s Svalbard archipelago can cause a thick cap of ice to cover the forage that
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Cyclone Idai's death toll rises to 843, hundreds of thousands displaced
Hundreds of thousands of people are in need of food, water and shelter after Cyclone Idai battered Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. As of Tuesday, at least 843 people had been reported killed by the
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Uganda: Storm Leaves 70 Families Homeless in Budaka District
At least 70 families in Budaka town council in Budaka District have been left homeless after heavy downpour accompanied by hailstorms ravaged their houses and gardens. The LC1 chairperson of Nanyago
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Severe thunderstorm in Nepal leaves 25 dead, hundreds injured
Over two dozen people were killed in a severe thunderstorm that swept through parts of southern Nepal late on Sunday and hundreds more were injured, police and officials said. Nepal’s Prime Minster
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Curb pollution in storm water drains: green tribunal
Noida authority, Uttar Pradesh pollution board directed to take necessary steps Following a plea seeking directions to control pollution in storm water drains in Noida, the National Green Tribunal (NGT)
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'The water kept rising': How Mozambicans were caught in path of deadly cyclone
For two days before Cyclone Idai hit, a government official drove down the bumpy roads of Buzi in central Mozambique, warning people through a megaphone that a big storm was coming. He told them to find