2024 Disasters in Numbers
<p>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
Heat Waves
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What science can tell us about the links between global warming and massive heat waves
The United States is witnessing a massive, dangerous heat wave, as a huge system of high pressure covers the central part of the country. It’s a big enough deal that yesterday President Obama even tweeted
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It was the hottest day of the year in the UK and Brits could not cope
London: Britain has sweltered through the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures soaring to 35 degrees in parts of the country. The Met Office declared a Level 3 heatwave alert, and sweaty,
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Britain must urgently prepare for flooding, heatwaves and food shortages, says Government report
Urgent action must be taken to protect Britain from flooding, deadly heatwaves, water shortages and an international food crisis that will all become increasing risks as the Earth warms, according to a
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Multi-year persistence of the 2014/15 North Pacific marine heatwave
Between the winters of 2013/14 and 2014/15 during the strong North American drought, the northeast Pacific experienced the largest marine heatwave ever recorded. Here we combine observations with an ensemble
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Australia's vast kelp forests devastated by marine heatwave, study reveals
A hundred kilometres of kelp forests off the western coast of Australia were wiped out by a marine heatwave between 2010 and 2013, a new study has revealed. About 90% of the forests that make up the
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3 dead among 490 rushed to hospitals in Japan's heat wave
Three people died as about 490 were taken to hospitals due to heat stroke or heat exhaustion Thursday, a Kyodo News tally showed, as temperatures soared across much of Japan. At 929 observation points
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Attributing human mortality during extreme heat waves to anthropogenic climate change
<p>It has been argued that climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century. The extreme high temperatures of the summer of 2003 were associated with up to seventy thousand excess
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Intense heatwave sees temperatures soar across Spain
In the south, a red alert has been in place for the city of Cordoba over the past five days. Located in Andalusia province, Cordoba recorded a top temperature of 41C on Saturday, followed by 44.5C on Sunday.
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New York May Face Thousands of Heat Deaths By 2080 Due to Climate Change
New York City is looking at a massive health crisis as a result of rising temperatures. A new study predicts that the number of "hot days" in New York City will triple, which is likely to bring about thousands
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La Nina to bring the heat to Japan this summer
Cases of heatstroke are likely to jump as temperatures surge this summer amid Japan’s first La Nina phenomenon in six years, according to the Meteorological Agency. La Nina, a natural cooling of parts