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 …
Cyclone Carlos, the first named storm of the season, is a severe tropical storm that was about 230 kilometers north of the island nation, moving at 6 km/h, the meteorological service said. Wind gusts of 80 km/h are expected, with strengthening in some locations on Monday night. “On this trajectory, …
Worldwide heat records have been broken again, with 2016 declared the hottest for a third consecutive year, a new report has revealed. 2016 was the hottest year on record globally for the third year in a row. Climate change was the dominant factor in driving the record-breaking heat worldwide. Climate …
Backward trajectories of individual Asian dust storm (ADS) events were calculated using the hybrid single particle Lagrangian integrated trajectory (HYSPLIT) at four representative stations in Korea. A total of 743 ADS events and associated 2229 (endings of altitudes at 1000 m, 1500 m, and 2000 m per ADS event) backward …
This report summarizes the economic and insured losses from the most relevant natural catastrophe events that occurred during 2016. The loss values presented include those reported by Willis Re, catastrophe model vendors, reinsurance companies and third party organizations. The insured loss estimates from major natural catastrophes in 2016 of about …
Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos have been evacuated as a powerful typhoon roars its way across the Philippines. Typhoon Nock-ten, known in the Philippines as typhoon Nina, was rated a category-3 strength storm when it slammed into the eastern province of Catanduanes at 8pm on Christmas Day, local time. Residents, …
Category 5 Super Typhoon Bopha, the world's worst storm of 2012, formed abnormally close to the Equator, and its landfall on Mindanao set the record proximity to the Equator for its category. Its torrential rains generated an enormous debris flow in the Mayo River watershed that swept away much of …
This paper explores household-level responses to extreme weather events in Bangladesh and Pakistan, which are among the most disaster-prone countries in the world. In particular, the frequency of extreme floods is on the rise in Bangladesh and Pakistan. During 2000–2015, Bangladesh experienced a total of 29 floods and 40 storms, …
Only one tornado hit the United States in November as scientists say climate change is to blame. The month is in line with what has been a record low year for twister activity with few tornadoes and tornado-related deaths. Scientists are scrabbling for answers but believe that the melting ice …
The government of Costa Rica confirmed on Friday that Hurricane Otto had killed at least nine persons in the country, after the storm battered northern regions. The director of the country's legal investigation bureau, OJI, Walter Espinoza gave a press conference to explain the deaths had occurred in the areas …
China's national observatory on Sunday issued a yellow alert for typhoon Tokage that will bring gales to some southern coastal regions. Tokage, this year's 25th typhoon, was on the central part of South China Sea at 5 a.m. on Sunday and moving northward at a speed of 5 to 10 …
Super typhoons (STYs), intense tropical cyclones of the western North Pacific, rank among the most destructive natural hazards globally. The violent winds of these storms induce deep mixing of the upper ocean, resulting in strong sea surface cooling and making STYs highly sensitive to ocean density stratification. Although a few …
Thousands of householders, business people and travellers suffered disruption after almost a month’s worth of rain fell within hours, raising fresh concerns that not enough was being spent on flood defences and prevention measures. Homes and businesses were flooded across a swath of south-west England, schools were shut, dozens of …
Winds gusting to hurricane force left nearly 70 000 homes in western and northwestern France without power on Sunday, the national electricity grid Enedis said. The national weather agency Meteo France said winds powering to 160km/h battered the Breton peninsula and Normandy coast overnight, and two other regions remained under …
The recent dust storm in the Middle East (Sepember 2015) was publicized in the media as a sign of an impending 'Dust Bowl.' Its severity, demonstrated by extreme aerosol optical depth in the atmosphere in the 99th percentile compared to historical data, was attributed to the ongoing regional conflict. However, …
The Global Climate Risk Index 2017 analyses to what extent countries have been affected by the impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves etc.). The most recent data available – from 2015 and 1996–2015 – were taken into account. The countries affected most in 2015 were Mozambique, Dominica …
T Harish Rao advised officials to ensure that food grains are stored properly so that there is no damage from the rains. Hyderabad: The TS government has put marketing and other departments on high alert with weathermen predicting rains in the next few days due to the influence of Cyclone …
GUANGZHOU - Disasters brought by Typhoon Haima have affected 1.69 million people in South China's Guangdong province, said the provincial civil affairs department on Sunday. Typhoon Haima barreled into Guangdong Friday, triggering sudden downpours in several cities. There have been no reports of casualties following the timely evacuation of 668,000 …
The lights were hardly out in South Australia before politicians and lobby groups were staking out their ground in the argument over climate change and renewable energy. Within hours of a massive storm that triggered a statewide power blackout, the Climate Council was blaming global warming for the wild weather. …
Flights and trains in Taiwan were disrupted by the approach of the third typhoon this month and most cities planned work and school closures for Tuesday. The island's financial markets will also be shut, financial regulators said. Typhoon Megi is expected to make landfall on the island's eastern coast on …
BEIJING - China on Monday allocated 220 million yuan ($33 million dollars) to typhoon-hit Fujian and Zhejiang provinces for disaster relief work. The money, allocated by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA), will be used in relocating and compensating people affected by Typhoon Meranti and …
