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 …
If the Maharashtra government is to be believed, only three farmers have committed suicide in the State because of crop failure due to unseasonal rain and hailstorms since January. The government, however, acknowledges that 598 more farmers have taken their own lives during the period, but is unaware of the …
German insurers are likely to face damage claims of around 750 million euros ($808 million) from windstorm "Niklas", which struck the country on March 31, insurance trade body GDV said on Monday. That would make Niklas, which entailed wind speeds of up to 192 kilometers (119 miles) per hour, one …
Strong winds brought Beijing its fiercest sandstorm in 13 years on Wednesday with 11 provinces, municipalities and regions in North China affected. Parts of Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Beijing, Tianjin, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei and Jilin were affected by the dusty weather from Wednesday afternoon until the evening, the National …
Storm surge thrown onshore by tropical systems can kill, destroy property and reshape coastlines. Here’s another negative for the list: Depending on the makeup of the soil and local infrastructure, it can also contaminate water deep in the ground. The people on the Philippine island of Samar are learning this …
The Atlantic Ocean may have one of its quietest hurricane seasons in decades because of cooler water in the Atlantic and an El Nino in the Pacific, Colorado State University forecasters said. William Gray and Phil Klotzbach predict seven named storms in the basin versus the 30-year average of 12. …
Lightning, floods and a deluge of hailstones descended on St Louis Tuesday as powerful storms pummeled the mid-United States. Roads around the Missouri city were flooded in the intense downpour, with one town recording more than two inches of rain in half an hour. Several crashes followed the atrocious driving …
At least 24 people were killed and hundreds of others injured while houses, cropland and institutions damaged during Saturday’s nor’wester across the country. An unidentified 60-year-old man, hit by a drum that had fallen from a building during the storm at Khejurbagh of south Keraniganj, succumbed to his injuries yesterday …
YANGON, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Three people were killed and five others injured as tornado hit two villages in Phakant, Myanmar's northernmost Kachin state, local media reported Monday. The tornado struck the villages and surrounding areas of Phakant on Sunday morning, damaging some buildings and a school, said the 7-Day …
Disaster: The windstorm that swept across nine dzongkhags on the night of April 4 injured three people and affected 792 households, mostly in the southern belt, according to a preliminary report with the department of disaster management. All dzongkhags also reported damages to about 92 structures belonging to the culture, …
Densely populated Southeast Asian island states such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and the Philippines are likely to face more intense climate events in future, analysts said on Thursday. These islands are especially vulnerable because of their large populations and because much of their land is exposed to storm surges …
German emergency services have reportedly been called to more than 900 incidents At least nine people have been killed in gales that have battered Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the UK. Seven people were killed in Germany, including two men whose car was hit by a tree. German media reports that …
The Philippines put troops on alert on Wednesday and prepared food and medical supplies as it warned residents and tourists along its eastern coast to be ready for a super typhoon expected to land some time in the next 72 hours. Typhoon Maysak, initially a top-rated category 5 typhoon, weakened …
(Reuters) - At least four people were killed on Tuesday when hurricane-force winds lashed northern Europe in one of the most severe storms in years, forcing flights to be canceled and disrupting road, train and marine traffic. The Dutch meteorological office issued a red warning for the northern and coastal …
Pope Francis waves inside the Popemobile during his pastoral visit in Naples, Italy, March 21, 2015. The Catholic leader has called acting on climate change "an ethical imperative." Reuters Catholic groups are urging global leaders to reach a deal on climate change this year. Almost 100 organizations Thursday launched a …
Rainfall is increasing in the tropics across the world with the rise attributed to more big thunderstorms, new research by an Australian-led team has found. While observations and models have found that "wet gets wetter" and "warmer gets wetter", the mechanism of what has been going on has been unclear. …
A storm system produced at least three tornadoes in Arkansas and Oklahoma on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring several others, officials said. A tornado moving through the Tulsa suburb of Sand Springs damaged as many as 60 buildings, a spokesman for the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office said. Rain, lightning …
WINDSTORM on Saturday destroyed about 100 residential and public buildings and over 500 persons were rendered homeless in Mbarakom village in Akamkpa Local Council of Cross River State. Most of the affected persons are now taking refuge with neighbours, relations and friends in other communities. The incident un-capped about 20 …
Hundreds of miles of railway lines around Britain’s coast are becoming increasingly vulnerable to waves, landslides and storms triggered by climate pollution, an expert has warned. Professor Robert Duck from the University of Dundee says that numerous sections of railway in Wales, Cumbria, Devon and elsewhere are at risk of …
The Asia Pacific region has lost two million lives and US$1.15 trillion to natural disasters in the past 45 years, accounting for 56.6 and 41 per cent of global disaster impacts, respectively. About 88 per cent of the people affected by natural disasters worldwide in the past 45 years live …
Three days after making landfall, Cyclone Nathan continued to threaten Australian coastal communities, with 400 residents of a remote northern island on Monday ordered to evacuate after meteorologists warned the storm was intensifying. It is the second time since late February that people living in Goulburn Island off Australia's Northern …
