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 billion. The year 2024 was marked by extreme temperature events in Asia that caused thousands of deaths, severe droughts in Africa affecting over 25 …
The US Senate approved $6.9 billion in disaster relief funds Thursday over a yearlong period, a measure that faces an uncertain future in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. By a 62-37 vote, the Senate approved funds for the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help communities cope with natural …
Heavy rains and flooding since the weekend killed six people, destroyed thousands of hectares of crops and damaged homes in Vietnam’s north and central regions, the government said Wednesday. Among the dead was a child buried in a landslide in Lao Cai province bordering China, it said. More than 72,000 …
Tropical Storm Nate sprang to life in the western Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, Tropical Storm Maria formed in the Atlantic and Hurricane Katia churned up surf along Bermuda and the U.S. East Coast, forecasters said. The trio of tropical cyclones came during what is traditionally the busiest part of …
Gulf Coast residents from Texas to Florida struggled with a third day of severe weather on Monday with one man dead and a teenager missing in rough waters as remnants of Tropical Storm Lee lashed the region. The tail end of the storm is expected to produce rain accumulations of …
After testing New Orleans' flood defenses over the weekend, Tropical Storm Lee moved northeast on Monday after weakening to a tropical depression, and threatened to bring heavy rains and flooding to a large section of the Southeast. Moving slowly inland, the powerful rainmaker was on course to hit Mississippi on …
Heavy rains and mudslides from powerful Typhoon Talas killed at least 27 people in Japan as the storm moved northward past the country Sunday. Scores more are missing, local media said. Evacuation orders and advisories have been issued to 460,000 people in western and central Japan, Kyodo News agency reported. …
Tropical Storm Lee crawled onto southern Louisiana’s coast today as New Orleans prepared for one of the biggest tests of its flood defences since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in 2005. The National Hurricane Center said Lee’s centre was about 125 miles west-southwest of New Orleans, with maximum sustained winds …
A slow-moving and soggy storm that has been dawdling in the Gulf of Mexico for days is expected to come ashore this weekend, bringing rainfall so heavy that officials say excessive flooding is all but inevitable in areas along the coast. While it is still parked offshore and may not …
Gurmeet Singh thought that she had squirreled away enough water. In her preparations before Tropical Storm Irene, Ms. Singh, whose house has water supplied by a private well, filled her largest pots and the hot tub to the brim. That should have been enough to flush the toilets for a …
Record-breaking triple-digit temperatures were prolonging a devastating drought that has been baking the South and the dry spell could extend into next year and beyond, climate experts said on Thursday. "Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse... we are seeing expansion of this drought. This drought will continue …
While New York City may have dodged a bullet from Tropical Storm Irene, its trees did not. From shade trees on side streets in Elmhurst, Queens, to towering tulip trees in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, many toppled, snapped or splintered. The parks department estimated that 1,200 to 1,500 trees on …
Katia, a Category 1 Hurricane, has weakened to a tropical storm but some restrengthening was forecast during the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest report on Thursday. At 4:36 p.m. ET (2036 GMT), Katia was located about 930 miles east of the northern Leeward …
Weather forecasters are keeping a close eye on a new hurricane churning in the mid-Atlantic even as the East Coast recovers from Irene. The National Hurricane Center in Miami late Wednesday night said that Tropical Storm Katia, which had been steadily gaining force, had become Hurricane Katia. It wasn't clear …
Climate change is a new driver of human migration, and is expected by many to dwarf all other factors in its impact. But while there is growing concern about climate change, far less agreement exists about what kinds of effects will be felt where, by whom, and precisely when. Human …
New Jersey and Vermont struggled with their worst flooding in decades on Monday, a day after Hurricane Irene slammed an already soaked U.S. Northeast with torrential rain, dragging away homes and submerging neighborhoods underwater. The massive storm churned up the U.S. East Coast over the weekend killing at least 38 …
Hurricane Irene will most likely prove to be one of the 10 costliest catastrophes in the nation’s history, and analysts said that much of the damage might not be covered by insurance because it was caused not by winds but by flooding, which is excluded from many standard policies. Industry …
Funds to be used for remodelling of stormwater drains in four valleys of the City Bangalore, The fund-starved Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike has something to cheer about. It has succeeded in availing an additional grant of about Rs 309 crore for remodelling of stormwater drains in the four valleys of …
New Jersey and Vermont struggled with their worst flooding in decades on Monday, a day after Hurricane Irene slammed an already soaked U.S. Northeast with torrential rain, dragging away homes and submerging neighborhoods underwater. The massive storm churned up the U.S. East Coast over the weekend killing at least 38 …
Tropical storm Nanmadol headed for China on Monday, losing strength after drenching southern and eastern Taiwan, forcing evacuations, shutting businesses, disrupting transport but causing no major damage. The storm, downgraded from a typhoon on Monday, was the first of the season to land in Taiwan and killed at least one …
New Jersey and Vermont struggled with their worst flooding in decades on Monday, a day after Hurricane Irene slammed an already soaked U.S. Northeast with torrential rain, dragging away homes and submerging neighborhoods underwater. The massive storm churned up the U.S. East Coast over the weekend killing at least 38 …
