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
Storms
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Why pollution in Delhi-NCR may not have a season anymore
NEW DELHI: Winter pollution in the national capital region may be deadly, but summer doesn’t give much respite either. While dust storms from Rajasthan may have led to a sudden severe spike in particulate
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Delhi's Air quality in 'severe' category, to get better today onwards
The air quality levels in the national Capital remained in the 'severe' category for the second consecutive day on Wednesday. The PM 10 (coarser particles) levels at 981 units were eight times the safe
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‘Rajasthan storms trap Delhi-NCR in heat and dust, condition 'severe'
NEW DELHI: Delhi's air quality plunged into the "severe" category on Wednesday as dusty conditions continued for a second straight day, trapping the city under a blanket of heat and particulate matter.
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Nigeria: Rainstorms Wreak Havoc in Ilorin
The commencement of rainy season every year in the life of any community is always heralded with joy, hopes and aspirations that the year would be of a tremendous benefit to the socio well-being of that
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Loss of Coral reef may double flood damages worldwide, study
Rapid loss of coral reefs around the world would double the annually expected damages from flooding, and triple the costs from frequent storms, a study has found. When coupled with sea level rise, flooding
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Desertification, 'abnormal' Western Disturbances caused spate of storms: Narain
Rapid desertification, water depletion and "abnormal" Western Disturbances, coupled with cyclonic circulations, have contributed to a "spate of dust storms" in the country in the past few month, environmentalist
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The evolution, seasonality and impacts of western disturbances
<p>Western disturbances (WDs) are upper-level synoptic-scale systems embedded in the subtropical westerly jet stream (STWJ), often associated with extreme rainfall events in north India and Pakistan during
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Improving lead time for tropical cyclone forecasting: review of operational practices and implications for Bangladesh
The main objectives of this report are to: assess the current state-of-the-art tools and operational practices in tropical cyclone and storm surge forecasting, assess existing operational practices at
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Hurricanes threaten Caribbean countries still recovering from 2017 storms- officials
The onset of hurricane season this week could prove disastrous for Caribbean nations that were slammed by storms last year and are still struggling to rebuild in the face of funding shortfalls, said regional
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Rainfall seasonality on the Indian subcontinent during the Cretaceous greenhouse
<p>The Cretaceous greenhouse climate was accompanied by major changes in Earth’s hydrological cycle, but seasonally resolved hydroclimatic reconstructions for this anomalously warm period are rare.