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
Tsunami
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Natural disasters killed over 22,000 in 2013, Red Cross says
<p>In its annual report on disasters, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) warned that the outlook was bleak.</p><p>"Climate change is leading to damaged livelihoods
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Paleotsunami evidence on Kaua‘i and numerical modeling of a great Aleutian tsunami
<p>The Hawaiian Islands' location in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is threatened by tsunamis from great earthquakes in nearly all directions. Historical great earthquakes Mw > 8.5
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Solomons town first in Pacific to relocate due to climate change
Under threat from rising sea levels and tsunamis, the authorities of a provincial capital in the Solomon Islands have decided to relocate from a small island in the first such case in the Pacific islands.
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Save Mundra dunes, HC tells forest dept
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat high court on Monday asked the forest department not to allow the removal of sand dunes from the seashore in southern Kutch after a PIL alleged that the Adani Port and Special Economic
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U.S. plans widespread seismic testing of seafloor
The U.S. government is planning to use sound blasting to conduct research on the ocean floor along most of the East Coast, using technology similar to that which led to a court battle by environmentalists
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Sustaining human progress: Reducing vulnerabilities and building resilience (Human Development Report 2014)
The 2014 Human Development Report—Sustaining Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience—looks at two concepts which are both interconnected and immensely important. This year's Report show
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Learning from megadisasters: lessons from the great East Japan earthquake
Disaster risk management is becoming increasingly important as population densities rise in urban areas around the world. A new report, Learning from Megadisasters, shares lessons learned from the Great
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All nuclear power plants safe: Government
Safety review of all Indian NPPs was conducted by a task force of NPCIL and the expert committee of AERB All nuclear power plants (NPPs) in the country are safe and can withstand natural calamities
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Tsunami warning for Aleutians after 8.0 quake
A magnitude-8.0 earthquake was widely felt in communities along Alaska’s sparsely populated Aleutian Islands on Monday, but there were no immediate reports of damage. Natasha Ruppert, a seismologist
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World's energy systems vulnerable to climate impacts, report warns
Rising sea levels, extremes of weather and an increase in the frequency of droughts and floods will all play havoc with the world's energy systems as climate change takes hold, a new report has found.