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 …
At least 80 people were injured, 25 of them critically, and over 250 tin-made and thatched houses were damaged as a nor’wester lashed two villages in Kasba and Nabinagar upazilas yesterday morning. The affected villages were Niamatpur under Mulagram union of Kasba upazila and Kunaura under Uttar Kaitala union of …
The number affected by bad weather has risen to 89,868, Disaster Management Centre sources said. The sources said as of noon yesterday, 89,868 people belonging to 20,720 families have been affected by floods and gale force winds in the Western, Uva and Central Provinces while 7,720 persons from 1,841 families …
JAIPUR: The blistering heat conditions continued in the state for the second consecutive day on Sunday when maximum temperatures in the state remained on and above 42 degrees Celsius. There was a rise of almost 2 degrees in the day and night temperatures. Churu remained hottest in the state with …
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 …
Kailashahar(Tripura): One person was killed and at least 200 houses damaged as hail storm accompanied by rain hit many parts of Unakoti and North Tripura district, official sources said on Thursday. G Orang (65) died on the spot at Samrurchhara village of Unakoti district when his bamboo made thatched house …
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 …
One person was reported killed and several others injured after severe weather on Thursday caused power outages and damaged buildings in Kemper County, Mississippi, emergency management officials said. "I don't know if those are homes or businesses at this point," said Mississippi Emergency Management Agency spokesman Greg Flynn, who noted …
Eleven borewells are being sunk in different parts of Golden Rock zone of the Tiruchirapalli City Corporation as part of the drought-relief work in the city, according to Mayor A. Jaya. The corporation is sinking about 50 borewells with hand pumps and 10 others with power pumps in different parts …
Weekend storms in east and west Japan claimed three lives, the latest being a man who drowned in Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, police said Monday. According to police, the 29-year-old man was inspecting a rope near a coastal embankment at about 12:30 p.m. Sunday when a large wave swept him out …
Hyderabad: Six people died and 23 were injured in different incideue to unseasonal rains, thunder and hailstorm since April 1. While isolated to heavy rains occurred for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, the Met authorities warned that thunder squalls may occur in parts of Telangana in the next 24 …
South China has experienced its worst month of extreme weather since 1998, and more is on the way in April, meteorological authorities said on Tuesday. Heavy storms hit Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou and Guangdong provinces and the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region for nine days in March, said Chen Zhenlin, a spokesman …
The residents of Rajarajeshwari Nagar are up in arms against the plans of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to ‘rejuvenate’ the Halagevaderahalli Lake at a cost of Rs two crore. This, at a time, when the residents’ efforts to save one of the City’s oldest water bodies, are bearing …
Natural and man-made disasters caused $186 billion (152 billion euros) in damages worldwide last year, according to a calculation released on Wednesday by the Swiss re-insurance group Swiss Re. Of that sum, insurance companies were exposed to claims of up to $77 billion, which would make 2012 the third most …
Research finds acceptance of need to plan for climate change but an unwillingness to pay for it with projects like sea walls Americans are fatalistic when it comes to climate change, recognising the dangers but unwilling to pay for sea walls or relocate coastal communities, new research released on Thursday …
The concrete roof of a two-storey building was ripped up and dropped onto a tin-shed house by the devastating tornado at Chinair village in Brahmanbaria on Friday. Three residents of the building were killed on the spot. Photo: Enamul Haq The death toll from Friday’s tornado in Brahmanbaria rose to …
There was little sign of spring across a large swath of the U.S. Midwest on Sunday as a powerful storm dumped heavy snow across a widespread area and threatened to bring more. The storm was part of the same system that blanketed parts of Colorado and northwest Kansas with heavy …
Tropical storms slammed eight villages in Surin and Nakhon Ratchasima provinces on Saturday night, injuring six people and damaging more than 50 houses, officials said. The storms hit four villages in Surin and four in Nakhon Ratchasima. The wind tore the roofs off houses, granaries and a hospital in Ban …
New Delhi: A thunderstorm hit the city late on Wednesday, bringing some relief from the steadily climbing mercury. This was in stark contrast to the morning when the airport was under the cover of moderate to shallow fog, as the atmosphere was quite stable. “Around 9.30pm, winds at the speed …
Three people have been confirmed dead and about 30 others injured by a tornado that struck Central China's Hunan province before dawn on Wednesday. The tornado passed through Daoxian county of Hunan's Yongzhou city at about 3 am, causing many casualties in the inland region, said the Yongzhou city government's …
At least four sailors with a trawler carrying goods went missing and 35 fishing trawlers capsized in the confluence of the River Meghna in a storm in Hatia upazila of Noakhali and at Kamalnagar of Lakshmipur on Sunday. Hatia police station officer-in-charge Muktar Hossain told the news agency that one …
