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 …
A storm unleashed torrential rains, mudslides and flooding in Haiti, killing at least 10 people, Haitian officials said on Tuesday after thunderstorms pounded several Caribbean countries. The heavy rainfall across the region, which began over the weekend, comes after the June 1 start of the Atlantic hurricane season and as …
A severe hailstorm caused extensive damage to the apple crop in the Kotkhai area in the heart of the apple belt. The hailstorm struck in the afternoon and continued to lash the region for about 90 minutes. The maximum damage was reported from Baghi, Ratnari, Baghal, Kalbogh, Khaneti, Tharola and …
The monsoon has officially arrived in the city. And the first shower of this season has already claimed a life and injured one. Khayyum, 45, died and Prakash Babar, 56, was injured after a portion of a single-storey building collapsed at Homi Modi street in Fort on Sunday evening. The …
At least 30 people, including children and women, were injured in house collapse as violent storm lashed 10 villages in Kochua upazila Sunday morning and Saturday evening. About 400 dwelling houses and 100 shops and educational institutions were razed to the ground. Witnesses said the storm damaged the thatched houses …
A series of tornadoes struck central Oklahoma on Tuesday, wiping out homes and businesses and killing at least five people. Officials said the number could rise as search and rescue teams started to fan out across a state already battered by storms over the weekend. A half-mile-wide tornado moving towards …
The sun shone for the first time in days on this devastated city on Tuesday, illuminating the full extent of the damage as rescue workers performed the grim task of searching for survivors and victims in buildings leveled by the United States
After four dozen deaths due to heavy storm and rainfall during the last 48-hours, 14 more casualties were reported in separate mishaps in the State since Sunday evening. In Bulundshahr, one Rakesh Agarwal, a native of Jawa locality of Aligarh was returning with his family after attending marriage of his …
A monster tornado killed at least 116 people in Joplin, Missouri when it tore through the heart of the small city, ripping the roof off a hospital and destroying thousands of homes and businesses. Weather officials said the tornado that hit the city of 50,000 at dinner time on Sunday …
At-least 28 people were killed and many others seriously injured in storm-related incidents in Alipur, Jhang, Taunsa, Sahiwal and Muzaffargarh, Okara and other cities on Saturday, South Punjab. TV news reported that 12 people died of lightning and other died when boundary walls, roofs collapsed on them or trees uprooted. …
A tornado steamrolled over Joplin, Mo., on Sunday night, knocking out a hospital and causing many deaths across the city, according to various reports. Joplin, which the reports said was in the direct path of the tornado, was left isolated and in the dark after the destruction, with telephone connections …
JAIPUR: High velocity dust storms accompanied by thundershowers affected life and traffic in the state on Sunday. It was unprecedented weather for Pink City on Sunday afternoon when suddenly the sky became dark and life came to a standstill for almost an hour. Two people were killed while at least …
The accident at the Fukushima power plant in Japan has led to much discussion about the future of nuclear power. I believe one important lesson of the accident has been overlooked. Nuclear power is often touted as a solution to climate change, but Fukushima serves as a warning that far …
Bhubaneswar: A thunder storm hit several parts of Odisha on Thursday afternoon killing 12 people and injuring 34 others. According to the Met department, rain accompanied by thunderstorm lashed almost the entire Northern Odisha where the impact of the storm was quite visible in the state and the twin city …
Jalpaiguri, May 19: Over 200 houses were partially or completely destroyed and power and water supplies were disrupted when a storm battered Jalpaiguri town and the adjoining rural areas last night. It was around midnight last night when it began to rain and soon, a storm lashed the area and …
At least two people were killed, 75 others injured and over 800 houses damaged as nor'wester lashed five districts--Patuakhali, Noakhali, Gopalganj, Madaripur and Barguna--early yesterday. Our Patuakhali correspondent reported that storm swept over Dashmina Baufal, Galachipa, Kalapara and Sadar upazilas of the district at around 4:00am, killing one person and …
New Delhi: At least 56 people were killed in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar when severe dust storm, accompanied by rain and thundershowers, lashed some parts of the states on Wednesday evening, according to AIR. In Uttar Pradesh, at least 30 people were killed in cyclonic storm that hit several districts …
The intensity of solar storms is expected to peak in 2013 and may devastate critical infrastructure like satellite communications, navigation systems and electrical transmission equipment, a top scientist has warned. Kathryn Sullivan, assistant secretary of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said countries should prepare for
