At least 242 million students in 85 countries had their schooling disrupted by extreme climate events in 2024, including heatwaves, tropical cyclones, storms, floods, and droughts, exacerbating an existing learning crisis, according to a new UNICEF analysis released today. Heatwaves were the predominant climate hazard shuttering schools last year, with …
Climate change will overturn hard won gains in reducing poverty in South Asia as changing weather patterns make accessing water and food resources even more difficult, according to a new report named Turn down the Heat - Climate Extremes, Regional Impacts and the Case for Resilience, released by the World …
After Aila, cyclone Mahasen came as an another challenge for the country's fisheries and livestock sector as the tropical storm caused financial losses to the tune of Tk 1,485 million by destroying resources, officials said. The territorial rain with gusty wind that buffeted the country's coastal districts on May 16 …
Climate change is creating more frequent and more unpredictable extreme weather events, forcing insurers to change how they assess the risk of natural disasters hitting a specific area, the Geneva Association think tank said today. “Traditional approaches, which are solely based on analysing historical data, increasingly fail to estimate today’s …
The cost of natural disasters in Australia is set to nearly quadruple by 2050 but could be dramatically reduced by national investment in preventive measures, a German reinsurer said Thursday. Munich Re said that, as Australia's population density increases as well as the severity and frequency of storms, floods, cyclones …
Bangladesh will be one of the most-affected countries in South Asia by an expected 2°C rise in the world's average temperatures in the next decades, according to a new scientific report released by the World Bank Group on Wednesday. It says, the global warming will accelerate the sea-level rise and …
An unexpected rise in global temperature during the next decade is expected to result in reduction in crop yields and impact food adequacy in India because of reduction in water availability, a study by World Bank released on Wednesday warned. “India will see a significant reduction in crop yields because …
Bangladesh will be among the most affected countries in South Asia by an expected 2 degree Celsius rise in the world’s average temperatures in the next decades, a new scientific report of the World Bank Group said Wednesday. Bangladesh would be among the ‘potential impact hotspots’ threatened by extreme river …
Bangladesh will be among the most affected countries in South Asia with an expected two degree Celsius (2°C) rise in the world's average temperature in the next decades, according to a new scientific report released Wednesday by the World Bank Group. It said the rising sea levels and more extreme …
Sri Lanka will be among South Asian countries hard hit by climate change and this could undermine efforts to overcome poverty and increase economic growth, according to a new scientific report released by the World Bank Group. An expected 2°C rise in the world’s average temperatures in the next decades …
With an expected 2°C rise in the world’s average temperature in the next few decades, Nepal will face a host of challenges, including glacial lake outbursts, erratic monsoon, flooding and water insecurity, said a World Bank report released on Wednesday. The report entitled, “Turn Down the Heat: Climate Extremes, Regional …
Trees on 420 acres of forest land near Kuakata sea beach have been totally washed away under the impact of tidal surges from the Bay during the last one decade, making the area highly vulnerable during natural disasters like cyclones, floods and tidal surges. In 1965, the forest department planted …
A recently developed technique for simulating large [O(104)] numbers of tropical cyclones in climate states described by global gridded data is applied to simulations of historical and future climate states simulated by six Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 5 (CMIP5) global climate models. Tropical cyclones downscaled from the climate of the …
The death toll in the cyclonic storm 'Mahasen' that battered Bangladesh's southwestern coastlines climbed to 46 yesterday as bodies of nine children were pulled out from the Bay of Bengal. The cyclonic storm 'Mahasen' battered the country's southwestern coastlines on thursday, damaging thousands of thatched houses and forcing evacuation of …
At least 10 people were killed and over 170 others injured as nor’wester lashed Khulna, Bagerhat and Barguna districts early hours of Thursday, reports UNB. Of them, four were killed in Khulna, three in Bagerhat and the rest in Barguna. In Khulna, four people were killed and 5,000 houses damaged …
Cyclonic storms accompanied by lightning and rain continued to create havoc in Tripura for the fifth day on Thursday, killing seven people, including five women and injuring 20 others, an official said here. "Sixty-year-old Ramani Debbarma and her 17-year-old-son Utpal died when huge landslides buried their home at Simna in …
At least six persons, including three children, died in the remote Kurung Kumey district due to flash floods, triggered by incessant rain for the past few days, officials said on Monday. The flash flood which occurred on Saturday also washed away several dwellings at Waru village under Polosang area of …
The cyclone warning dissemination system (CWDS) at Ripon Buildings is being upgraded to work on direct-to-home (DTH) based equipment. The installation process which is underway at the Golden Jubilee Hall in Ripon Buildings is likely to be completed by Friday. The meteorological department decided to update the CWDS system which …
Three children died while four persons sustained severe injuries as a tornado wreaked havoc in Bahanaga area of Balasore district on Friday. Scores of cattle have also perished and roofs of over 100 houses damaged. The gale, which continued for nearly two hours, accompanied with heavy rain caused widespread damage …
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said Thursday that the year 2012 was the ninth warmest on record despite the cooling influence of a La Nina episode early in the year. The WMO's Statement on the Status of the Global Climate said that the global land and ocean surface temperature in …
A youth was killed and 35 others injured as a nor'wester hit at Daulatpur upazila of the district on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Shahajul, 23, son of Moshtaq Hossain of Talbaria village of Aria union under the upazila. The injured were admitted to Kushtia General Hospital. Of …
