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 …
There is now a one-in-three chance of record rainfall hitting part of England and Wales each winter, according to new Met Office study which highlights the risk of major flooding as the climate warms. The researchers warned that global warming would change the risk of extreme weather and suggested politicians …
Climate change will bring soaring temperatures, more intense storms, erratic rainfall, plummeting crop yields and a collapse of coral reefs to Asia Pacific unless countries fully implement their commitments under the Paris climate pact, scientists said on Friday, calling the challenges “unprecedented”. The region’s future growth and security - as …
At least 40 houses were destroyed by the heavy rain and windstorm in Jarra Bureng village in Lower River Region on Saturday. The rain started around 1am with heavy wind which lasted for about five hours and blew off the roofs of more than 40 houses in the village. Mustapha …
One person died, while more than 100 houses were destroyed when a rainstorm swept through 15 villages in Illela Local Government Area of Sokoto State, Friday. The Council Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Haruna, disclosed yesterday in Illela that seven other persons, including a mother and her three children, sustained various degrees …
Cape Town - The Western Cape cabinet has allocated R75m to deal with the consequences of the Knysna fires, damages caused by the recent storm, and drought relief. According to the Office of the Premier, the decision was made following a meeting in Knysna on Wednesday. The allocation was made …
The mother of all storms. The worst drought in a century. More intense fires than any in living memory. The hottest years on record. This is the new normal. South Africa’s climate is changing and with that comes extreme weather. Events such as crippling storms and droughts, which used to …
Rabat – The National Weather Service has reported that strong thunderstorms are expected from 2p.m. until 11p.m. on Tuesday. The meteorological group said that the heavy rain would affect numerous regions in Morocco, in particular: Khenifra, Ifrane, Beni Mellal, Azilal, Zagora, Sefrou, Taza, Guercif and Taourirt. The National Weather Service …
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's tourist capital Cape Town remains gripped by critical water shortages despite being lashed by torrential rains last week in the region's worst storm in 30 years, officials said on Tuesday. More than eight people were killed and thousands forced from their homes after gale …
Cape Town - The City of Cape Town is in a mad scramble to attend to thousands of complaints received in the aftermath of the devastating storm that hit the city last week. The city has received close to 11 000 complaints from residents to restore services over their storm …
Residents of Cape Town, South Africa’s second-largest city, and other towns in the surrounding Western Cape province mopped up the damage Thursday after a devastating storm that caused nine deaths, flattened hundreds of shacks and downed power lines and trees. The most important market news of the day. Get our …
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Eight people have been killed and thousands forced from their homes as South Africa's tourist base Cape Town and surrounding areas were hit by the worst winter storm in 30 years, officials said on Wednesday. The storm is expected to dump more than two inches (50 …
The amplification of flood frequencies by sea level rise (SLR) is expected to become one of the most economically damaging impacts of climate change for many coastal locations. Understanding the magnitude and pattern by which the frequency of current flood levels increase is important for developing more resilient coastal settlements, …
South Africa's tourist hub of Cape Town was braced for its worst winter storm in 30 years on Tuesday and had closed schools and activated emergency protocols with flash floods, heavy rain and mudslides expected within hours, city officials said. South Africa's Weather Service said the storm, expected to hit …
As many 11 people were killed and scores injured by falling trees and debris from buildings as a storm swept through Moscow on Monday, the national Investigation Committee, which is looking into the deaths, said. Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on his Twitter account that more than 40 people had …
Patna: At least 15 people died and over two dozen were injured in the lightning and thunderstorm with rain in various parts of the state on Sunday. The wind speed was so high that the disaster management department (DMD) had to issue an alert for two hours in the afternoon, …
An intensifying cyclone churned north towards Bangladesh on Monday after heavy rain in Sri Lanka and thunderstorms in eastern India killed almost 200 people, with more torrential downpours forecast. Impoverished Bangladesh, hit by cyclones every year, warned that some low-lying coastal areas were "likely to be inundated by a storm …
At least nine people were reportedly killed Wednesday when a violent sandstorm tore through Mauritania’s Saharan Tagant region. Several people were killed instantly -- and several others injured -- when the sandstorm struck the town of Tenbrem, locals said. Residents said at least one home had collapsed, killing nine members …
The GAR Risk Atlas contributes to unveiling the hidden risk in national economies and their urban centres. Building on a multi-year effort by a consortium of leading scientific institutions coordinated by UNISDR, it provides a global vision of where and how disaster risk can undermine development. It estimates the probability …
More than 31 million people - one person every second - were uprooted in their home country in 2016 because of conflicts and disasters, and numbers will grow unless the underlying causes like climate change and political turmoil are tackled, an aid group said on Monday. Nearly 7 million people, …
(AFP) - More than 31 million people were displaced in their own countries by conflict, violence and disasters in 2016, with China and the Democratic Republic of Congo among the worst affected, a new report by a monitoring center said Monday. The Democratic Republic of Congo had a spike of …
