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 …
HAIKOU, June 6 (Xinhua) -- One person was killed and 11 others injured after a tornado hit Wenchang City in south China's Hainan on Sunday afternoon, local authorities said Monday. The tornado struck the townships of Jinshan and Fengpo on the island province, cutting off power supply, uprooting trees and …
The purpose of this document is to formulate guidelines for the preparation of plans to make India disaster resilient and reduce loss of lives. The plan is based on the four priority themes of the "Sendai Framework," namely: understanding disaster risk, improving disaster risk governance, investing in disaster risk reduction …
Tornadoes ripped through the U.S. Great Plains, badly damaging and destroying about 20 houses in Kansas, a day after two people were injured there in storms, local media and authorities said on Wednesday, and more dangerous weather is expected. Intense storms are possible across the region on Thursday and Friday, …
At least 24 people were killed as tropical cyclone Roanu lashed the coast of Bangladesh with heavy winds and torrential rains, also forcing the evacuation of half a million residents, authorities said. With 55 miles-per-hour winds and downpours of more than a foot in some areas on Saturday, the cyclone …
Met officials predicted very heavy rainfall over coastal AP during the next 48 hours. Visakhapatnam: The deep depression over west-central and adjoining south-west Bay of Bengal moved nearly northwards and lay centred 120 km east south-east of Nellore and 230 km south of Machilipatam. The system is likely to continue …
The destruction caused by tropical cyclone (TC) Pam in March 2015 is considered one of the worst natural disasters in the history of Vanuatu. It has highlighted the need for a better understanding of TC impacts and adaptation in the Southwest Pacific (SWP) region. Therefore, the key aims of this …
Most disaster risk assessment today is static, focusing only on understanding current risks. A paradigm shift is needed toward dynamic risk assessments, which reveal the drivers of risk and the effectiveness of policies focused on reducing risk. Global disaster risk is changing extremely fast, due to combined dynamics of hazard, …
A powerful spring storm brought strong winds and baseball-sized hail to several central states on Tuesday, with tornadoes spotted in Kansas and Oklahoma as the severe weather marched east, forecasters said. The storm knocked down tree limbs and left about 20,000 people in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area without power, …
Seven people were injured when a tornado swept through part of southern China's Guangdong Province on Sunday, authorities said Monday. Four of the injured were taken to hospital around 4:30 pm, after the tornado damaged more than 540 buildings in three villages, said the emergency response office of Shantou City …
The present study examines the role of tropical cyclones in the enhancement of tropospheric ozone. The most significant and new observation reported is the increase in the upper-tropospheric (10–16 km) ozone by 20–50 ppbv, which has extended down to the middle (6–10 km) and lower troposphere ( < 6 km). …
The clustering of severe European windstorms on annual timescales has substantial impacts on the (re-)insurance industry. Our knowledge of the risk is limited by large uncertainties in estimates of clustering from typical historical storm data sets covering the past few decades. Eight storm data sets are gathered for analysis in …
Several tornadoes were reported in northern Oklahoma late on Wednesday, with heavy winds blowing down power lines, damaging structures and injuring at least seven people, regional officials said. A storm system packing thunderstorms, hail, and possible twisters was moving across the Central and Southern Plains overnight, the National Weather Service …
The year 2015 will stand out in the historical record of the global climate in many ways. Modern records for heat were broken: 2015 was a record warm year both globally and in many individual countries. Heatwaves were extremely intense in various part of the world, leading to thousands of …
This February 23, 2016 NOAA satellite photo shows Tropical Cyclone Winston (11P) in the South Pacific Ocean. Humanitarian aid began pouring into Fiji February 23, as the death toll from super-cyclone Winston rose to 36 and officials warned the devastated Pacific nation's recovery could take months. The death toll from …
Several tornadoes lashed southern Louisiana and Mississippi on Tuesday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 30 as the storms destroyed dozens of homes and businesses and toppled a water tower, weather and emergency officials said. Hardest hit in Louisiana was the Mississippi River hamlet of Convent, where …
The number of people killed in the cyclone that hit Fiji at the weekend has risen to 29, with officials warning the clear-up could take months. About 8,500 people are still sheltering in evacuation centres. Cyclone Winston has flattened many buildings in parts of the main Viti Levu island and …
With temperatures remaining above normal since November, this winter could well be the warmest ever recorded not only in North India, but across the country. India Meteorological Department (IMD) director general Laxman Singh Rathore said Januray too saw above normal temperatures and the trend is likely to continue in February. …
A tropical cyclone that crossed Australia's northwest coast early on Sunday weakened, although several small inland communities were on red alert and the risk of heavy swells, flooding and storm surges remained. Category 2 cyclone Stan made landfall some 120 km (75 miles) north east of the world’s largest iron …
Residents of Vanuatu are taking shelter as a category four cyclone brings heavy rain and strong winds to the same area devastated by the largest cyclone in the South Pacific island nation’s history last year, aid workers said on Sunday. Disaster management authorities have issued a red alert for islands …
The ferocious storm cell that spawned deadly tornadoes in the US over the weekend is expected to develop into what meteorologists call a "bomb cyclone", steering exceptionally warm air over the Arctic and more flooding rains into the UK. One widely used computer model, the Global Forecast System, is predicting …
