Revealed: The 10 DEADLIEST extreme weather events over the past 20 years - and scientists say climate change made them ALL worse
2 months, 1 week ago

Revealed: The 10 DEADLIEST extreme weather events over the past 20 years - and scientists say climate change made them ALL worse

Daily Mail  

From droughts, floods and heatwaves, it seems no corner of the globe has been spared by fatal climate events in the past two decades. All 10 events – three tropical cyclones, four heatwaves, a drought and two floods – were made worse by human-caused climate change, say scientists at World Weather Attribution. The Somalian drought back in 2011 caused a severe food crisis and killed 258,000 people, World Weather Attribution says Cyclone Nargis marked the worst natural disaster to hit Asia since the Boxing Day 2004 tsunami that killed at least 232,000 people. Pictured, a man recoils as a fire burns into the village of Gennadi on the Greek Aegean island of Rhodes, July 25, 2023 In all, 37,129 people died due to 'of quickly rising temperatures across Europe and an increasingly vulnerable population', World Weather Attribution says. World Weather Attribution claims that the weather event in 2013 caused 7,354 deaths, but it's thought overall that 14 million people were affected across 46 provinces.

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What is the latest science telling us about climate change?
2 days, 1 hour ago

What is the latest science telling us about climate change?

The Hindu  

After another record-breaking year for global temperatures in 2024, pressure is rising on policymakers to step up efforts to curb climate change. The last global scientific consensus on the phenomenon was released in 2021 through the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, but scientists say evidence shows global warming and its impacts have since been unfolding faster than expected. Critical point …

$228 billion lost, 2,000 lives taken: The shocking cost of 10 worst climate disasters of 2024 revealed
1 week, 3 days ago

$228 billion lost, 2,000 lives taken: The shocking cost of 10 worst climate disasters of 2024 revealed

Live Mint  

2024 year-ender: Ever wondered what is the economic cost of extreme weather events? Well, the ten worst climate disasters resulted in an estimated damage of over $228 billion worldwide in 2024, a new report revealed. The report titled ‘Counting the Cost 2024: A Year of Climate Breakdown’ by Christian Aid also highlights ten extreme weather events that didn’t rack up …

'Dangerous new era': climate change spurs disaster in 2024
1 week, 5 days ago

'Dangerous new era': climate change spurs disaster in 2024

Raw Story  

From tiny and impoverished Mayotte to oil-rich behemoth Saudi Arabia, prosperous European cities to overcrowded slums in Africa, nowhere was spared the devastating impact of supercharged climate disasters in 2024. World Weather Attribution, experts on how global warming influences extreme events, said nearly every disaster they analyzed over the past 12 months was intensified by climate change. - Floods - …

26 extreme weather events led to 3,700 deaths globally in 2024: Report
1 week, 6 days ago

26 extreme weather events led to 3,700 deaths globally in 2024: Report

Hindustan Times  

Climate change contributed to the deaths of at least 3,700 people and the displacement of millions in 26 extreme weather events that two climate attribution and research organisations studied in 2024. Extreme rain in Kerala and surrounding areas was one of the 219 extreme weather events studied for the report. “It’s likely the total number of people killed in extreme …

Climate change adds 41 extra days of dangerous heat globally in 2024
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1 week, 6 days ago

Climate change adds 41 extra days of dangerous heat globally in 2024

India Today  

People around the world suffered an average of 41 extra days of dangerous heat this year because of human-caused climate change, according to a group of scientists who also said that climate change worsened much of the world’s damaging weather throughout 2024. “The finding is devastating but utterly unsurprising: Climate change did play a role, and often a major role …

Droughts, floods, wildfires: 2024 natural disasters in pictures
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Droughts, floods, wildfires: 2024 natural disasters in pictures

Al Jazeera  

People worldwide have faced an array of climate emergencies, ranging from prolonged droughts and wildfires to extreme rainfall and devastating floods, in 2024. Southeast Asia and South China experienced the destructive force of Typhoon Yagi, a severe tropical storm that caused the most devastation in Vietnam, resulting in 325 deaths, 24 people reported missing, and damage to more than 320,000 …

‘Bomb cyclone’ slams western US, leaving two dead and 600,000 without power
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘Bomb cyclone’ slams western US, leaving two dead and 600,000 without power

Al Jazeera  

Authorities warn that severe winds and heavy rains are expected across the northwestern United States through Friday. A powerful storm known as a “bomb cyclone” has killed at least two people and knocked out power for hundreds of thousands across the West Coast of the United States. “Back-to-back powerful Pacific storm systems to impact the West Coast through the end …

Harsh weather sends up deaths by 144% in Telangana
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Harsh weather sends up deaths by 144% in Telangana

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Over 1,81,419 acres of crop area were affected, 66 people died, and 4,350 animal deaths were reported, all due to extreme weather events which spanned over 50 days from January 1 to September 30, revealed ‘India Climate Report 2024’, launched by the Centre for Science and Environment and its publication, Down to Earth. CSE report said there had been …

Extreme weather claimed over 3,200 lives in first 9 months of 2024: CSE report
2 months ago

Extreme weather claimed over 3,200 lives in first 9 months of 2024: CSE report

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Extreme weather events claimed over 3,200 lives and destroyed over 2.3 lakh houses in India in the first nine months of 2024, according to a new report. The report by the Delhi-based think tank Centre for Science and Environment said India faced extreme weather events on 93 per cent of the days in the year's first nine months …

Hundreds are dead in Spain's floods. Scientists see a connection to climate change
2 months, 1 week ago

Hundreds are dead in Spain's floods. Scientists see a connection to climate change

NPR  

Hundreds are dead in Spain's floods. Scientists see a connection to climate change toggle caption David Ramos/Getty Images At least 205 people are dead, and dozens remain missing after flood waters and mud swept through towns and cities in Spain’s east. It’s one of the most deadly weather events in modern Spanish history, and climate scientists see a connection to …

Extreme Weather Devastation: Central India Suffers the Most, As India Grapples with Crop Losses
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Extreme Weather Devastation: Central India Suffers the Most, As India Grapples with Crop Losses

News 18  

Extreme weather events have severely affected crop land in India, with Central India being the hardest-hit. The region has witnessed a 54% increase in crop area affected due to extreme weather events compared to 2022. The state has been particularly hard-hit, with Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Himachal Pradesh also suffering significant losses.

When Extreme Weather Hits, How Do We Know If Climate Change or Bad Luck Is to Blame?
5 months, 3 weeks ago

When Extreme Weather Hits, How Do We Know If Climate Change or Bad Luck Is to Blame?

Bloomberg  

For several decades, scientists have gathered evidence that the global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions is making some types of extreme weather more likely or more intense. It’s a bigger challenge to connect climate change to a particular weather event at a specific time and place. Researchers first classify a weather event as extreme by putting it in the …

US reels under scorching temperatures, heavy flooding
6 months, 2 weeks ago

US reels under scorching temperatures, heavy flooding

Al Jazeera  

More than 50 million people in the US under heat warnings while hundreds are evacuated from flooding in the Midwest. Soaring temperatures have placed more than 50 million people in the United States under extreme heat advisories, while flooding has spurred rescue operations and evacuations throughout the Midwest. The National Integrated Heat Health Information System said on Monday that about …

Climate change is deadly. Exactly how deadly?
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Climate change is deadly. Exactly how deadly?

NPR  

Climate change is deadly. toggle caption Timothy D. Easley/AP One disaster, multiple death counts It's unclear how many people in the U.S. officially died in some of the most high-profile and deadly climate-related weather disasters in recent years. "You could still have heat-related deaths when the temperature is 95 degrees in Texas," says Gordon Strassberg, the storm data program manager …

U.N. official highlights how better preparation has shrunk disaster deaths despite worsening climate
7 months, 1 week ago

U.N. official highlights how better preparation has shrunk disaster deaths despite worsening climate

LA Times  

A polling official enjoys a cooling spray of water under intense heat at a distribution venue for election material in Lucknow, India. “Fewer people are dying of disasters and if you look at that as a proportion of total population, it’s even fewer,” Kishore said in his first interview since taking office in mid-May. Now the whole world is covered …

Climate change and rapid urbanization worsened the impact of East African rains, scientists say
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Climate change and rapid urbanization worsened the impact of East African rains, scientists say

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The impact of the calamitous rains that struck East Africa from March to May was intensified by a mix of climate change and rapid growth of urban areas, an international team of climate scientists said in a study published Friday. Kenya Red Cross workers and volunteers, carry a man’s body retrieved from mud, after floodwater washed away …

Climate change and rapid urbanization worsened the impact of East African rains, scientists say
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Climate change and rapid urbanization worsened the impact of East African rains, scientists say

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The impact of the calamitous …

The value of attributing extreme events to climate change | Explained
7 months, 3 weeks ago

The value of attributing extreme events to climate change | Explained

The Hindu  

Just a couple of decades ago, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change argued that individual weather events could not be attributed to climate change. The science has since evolved, albeit with all its attendant uncertainties, and now we regularly hear of researchers having been able to attribute some individual extreme events to climate change. Economically developing countries, in particular …

India among worst hit by extreme heat, floods, glacier disaster in 2023: WMO
8 months, 2 weeks ago

India among worst hit by extreme heat, floods, glacier disaster in 2023: WMO

Hindustan Times  

Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023, the World Meteorological Organisation said on Tuesday while highlighting that extreme heat, severe floods, a glacial lake outburst flood devastated parts of India also last year. In India, Yemen, and Pakistan, floods were the natural hazard event which caused the greatest number of fatalities, highlighting …

US suffered 28 extreme weather events in 2023, lost $93 billion in damages
11 months, 4 weeks ago

US suffered 28 extreme weather events in 2023, lost $93 billion in damages

India Today  

In an unprecedented year for climate extremes, the United States grappled with a historic number of billion-dollar disasters in 2023, as reported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The nation's average temperature soared to the fifth-highest on record, signaling a troubling trend that experts attribute to climate change and possibly the El Nino weather phenomenon. The global stage also …

Natural disasters that plagued the world in 2023
1 year ago

Natural disasters that plagued the world in 2023

Al Jazeera  

Natural calamities and harsh weather dominated news headlines in 2023. Seismic tremors, massive floods, raging wildfires, unrelenting droughts, landslides, cyclones and storms hit around the world, killing and displacing tens of thousands of people. On September 8, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck western Morocco, killing at least 2,900 people and wounding 5,500. It was followed by another magnitude 6.3 earthquake …

Scientists: Climate change intensified the rains devastating East Africa
1 year, 1 month ago

Scientists: Climate change intensified the rains devastating East Africa

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ongoing catastrophic rains in Eastern Africa have been worsened by human-caused climate change that made them up to two times more intense, an international team of climate scientists said Thursday. October to December is a “short rains” season in Eastern Africa, with the frequency and intensity of the rains influenced by two naturally occurring climate phenomena: El …

As extreme downpours trigger flooding around the world, scientists take a closer look at global warming’s role
1 year, 3 months ago

As extreme downpours trigger flooding around the world, scientists take a closer look at global warming’s role

The Hindu  

Torrential downpours sent muddy water racing through streets in Libya, Greece, Spain and Hong Kong in early September 2023, with thousands of deaths in the city of Derna, Libya. The almost instantaneous runoff from rain, as opposed to the slower release of water from melting snow, leads to more severe flooding, landslides and other hazards – particularly in mountain regions …

Climate change made storm that devastated Libya far more likely and intense, scientists say
1 year, 3 months ago

Climate change made storm that devastated Libya far more likely and intense, scientists say

Associated Press  

The devastating storm that dumped torrential rains along the Libyan coast this month was up to 50 times more likely to occur and 50% more intense because of human-caused climate change, according to an analysis released Tuesday. Before crossing the Mediterranean, the storm raged for four days and caused extensive damage in central Greece and parts of Bulgaria and Turkey, …

REVEALED: The US has suffered a record 23 billion-dollar climate disasters so far this year costing an eye-watering $57.6 BILLION - as tornadoes, wildfires and flooding ravaged the nation
1 year, 3 months ago

REVEALED: The US has suffered a record 23 billion-dollar climate disasters so far this year costing an eye-watering $57.6 BILLION - as tornadoes, wildfires and flooding ravaged the nation

Daily Mail  

Hundreds of Americans have died due to climate catastrophes in 2023, which has already smashed records for the highest number of billion-dollar disasters incurred in a single year. With four months still to go, the US has been struck by 23 disasters which came at a loss of at least $1 billion each - eclipsing the previous annual record of …

U.S. sets record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year — with 4 months still to go
1 year, 3 months ago

U.S. sets record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year — with 4 months still to go

LA Times  

Ryan Orosco carries his son, Johnny, on his back amid floodwaters around their home in the Northern California city of Brentwood in January. The deadly fires in Hawaii and Hurricane Idalia’s watery storm surge helped push the U.S. to a record for the number of weather disasters that cost $1 billion or more — with four months still to go …

US sees record number of ‘billion-dollar’ disasters so far this year
1 year, 3 months ago

US sees record number of ‘billion-dollar’ disasters so far this year

Al Jazeera  

The government agency NOAA has tallied 23 billion-dollar weather disasters, surpassing a previous record set the year before. The United States has experienced a record number of natural disasters with damage estimated at more than $1bn, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association reported, as extreme weather events increase due to climate change. NOAA, a federal weather and storm monitoring agency, …

How Global Warming Makes Hurricanes, Floods and Droughts Worse
1 year, 4 months ago

How Global Warming Makes Hurricanes, Floods and Droughts Worse

Bloomberg  

Scientists have predicted for decades that the burning of fossil fuels would push average temperatures ever higher and conjure dangerous extremes. Many heat waves, cyclones, floods, droughts and wildfires — including ones making headlines in 2023 — are now routinely tied to climate change. And heat, along with dryness and wind, fuels forest fires, which is why scientists have become …

Asia-Pacific needs disaster warning systems to counter rising climate change risks, report says
1 year, 5 months ago

Asia-Pacific needs disaster warning systems to counter rising climate change risks, report says

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Countries in the Asia-Pacific region need to drastically increase their investments in disaster warning systems and other tools to counter rising risks from climate change, a United Nations report said Tuesday. She noted that countries that have put early warning systems in place, such as India and Bangladesh, which faces severe threats from devastating tropical storms, can save …

Human-induced climate crisis responsible for killer heatwaves sweeping planet, scientists say
1 year, 5 months ago

Human-induced climate crisis responsible for killer heatwaves sweeping planet, scientists say

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The researchers evaluated the role of climate crisis in these extreme heat events using peer-reviewed methods, weather station data …

Floods, fires and deadly heat are the alarm bells of a planet on the brink
1 year, 5 months ago

Floods, fires and deadly heat are the alarm bells of a planet on the brink

The Independent  

The world is hotter than it’s been in thousands of years, and it’s as if every alarm bell on Earth were ringing. Unless humanity radically transforms the way people travel, generate energy and produce food, the global average temperature is on track to increase by more than 3 degrees celsius, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – unleashing …

North India floods: As rains kill more than 100 in India, what makes south Asia’s monsoons deadlier?
1 year, 5 months ago

North India floods: As rains kill more than 100 in India, what makes south Asia’s monsoons deadlier?

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Recent heavy rains and flash floods remind us of one of the important impacts of climate change on monsoon,” …

Deadly flooding hits several countries, scientists said this will be increasingly common
1 year, 5 months ago

Deadly flooding hits several countries, scientists said this will be increasingly common

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Although destructive flooding in India, Japan, China and Turkey …

Deadly flooding is hitting several countries at once. Scientists say this will only be more common
1 year, 5 months ago

Deadly flooding is hitting several countries at once. Scientists say this will only be more common

Associated Press  

Schools in New Delhi were forced to close Monday after heavy monsoon rains battered the Indian capital, with landslides and flash floods killing at least 15 people over the last three days. Scientists say destructive flooding events around the world have a common cause: a warmer atmosphere. Although destructive flooding in India, Japan, China, Turkey and the United States might …

The new "abnormal": Experts agree climate change will intensify droughts and heatwaves in the future
1 year, 6 months ago

The new "abnormal": Experts agree climate change will intensify droughts and heatwaves in the future

Salon  

Imagine a future in which one-fifth of the planet is regularly subjected to boiling heatwaves and blistering droughts. "It's a 'new abnormal' and it is now playing out in real time—the impacts of climate change are upon us in the form of unprecedented, dangerous extreme weather events." "Compound drought and heatwaves severely threaten socio-ecological systems, leading to greater impacts — …

How to predict record-shattering weather events
1 year, 7 months ago

How to predict record-shattering weather events

Hindustan Times  

The heatwave that struck parts of North America’s Pacific coast in 2021 propelled temperatures in Lytton, a village in British Columbia, to 49.6°C—4.6° higher than the previous record. That makes it much more complex.” To try to understand what had happened, Dr Thompson’s team simulated British winters between 1981 and 2015 many thousands of times, and looked at the spread …

Two million killed, $4.3 trillion in damages from extreme weather over past half-century: World Meteorological Organisation
1 year, 7 months ago

Two million killed, $4.3 trillion in damages from extreme weather over past half-century: World Meteorological Organisation

The Hindu  

Nearly 12,000 extreme weather, climate and water-related events over the past half-century around the globe have killed more than 2 million people and caused economic damage of $4.3 trillion, the U.N. weather agency said on May 22. The Geneva-based agency has repeatedly warned about the impact of man-made climate change, saying rising temperatures have increased the frequency and intensity of …

The staggering human cost of extreme weather revealed
1 year, 7 months ago

The staggering human cost of extreme weather revealed

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. As many as 11,778 disasters have been reported since …

Extreme weather is nearly universal experience: AP-NORC poll
1 year, 8 months ago

Extreme weather is nearly universal experience: AP-NORC poll

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — An overwhelming majority of people in the United States say they have recently experienced an extreme weather event, a new poll shows, and most of them attribute that to climate change. Adriana Moreno said she feels like she’s been talking about climate change for years, but it’s only recently that the 22-year-old high school teacher has noticed her …

Extreme weather is nearly universal experience: AP-NORC poll
1 year, 8 months ago

Extreme weather is nearly universal experience: AP-NORC poll

The Hindu  

An overwhelming majority of people in the United States say they have recently experienced an extreme weather event, a new poll shows, and most of them attribute that to climate change. Adriana Moreno said she feels like she's been talking about climate change for years, but it's only recently that the 22-year-old high school teacher has noticed her older family …

Extreme weather is nearly universal experience: AP-NORC poll
1 year, 8 months ago

Extreme weather is nearly universal experience: AP-NORC poll

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An overwhelming majority of people …

Extreme weather events are becoming more severe, not less
55 years ago

Extreme weather events are becoming more severe, not less

Associated Press  

CLAIM: Climate, weather or meteorological events that we would classify as “extreme” have declined in severity over the last 20 or 30 years. Scientific research has documented how events including extreme precipitation, droughts and forest fires have become more frequent and severe as a result of climate change. THE FACTS: A podcast clip shared on Instagram this week falsely claims …

Climate change made New Zealand’s Cyclone Gabrielle flooding ‘four times more common’
1 year, 9 months ago

Climate change made New Zealand’s Cyclone Gabrielle flooding ‘four times more common’

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Climate crisis “likely” played a role in exacerbating the heavy rainfall events that flooded northeast …

Scientists say climate change goosed New Zealand storm fury
1 year, 9 months ago

Scientists say climate change goosed New Zealand storm fury

Associated Press  

Climate change worsened flooding from a tropical cyclone that shut down much of New Zealand last month in one of the country’s costliest disasters, scientists said, but they couldn’t quite calculate how much it magnified the catastrophe. “Climate change is a serious concern for flooding in New Zealand and you’ve got to understand these are gigantic amounts of rainfall,” said …

Confirmed: Global floods, droughts worsening with warming
1 year, 9 months ago

Confirmed: Global floods, droughts worsening with warming

Associated Press  

The intensity of extreme drought and rainfall has “sharply” increased over the past 20 years, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Water. “It’s incredible that we can now monitor the pulse of continental water from outer space,” said Park Williams, a bioclimatologist at the University of California, Los Angeles who was not involved with the study. …

Climate change helped make 2022 the 3rd most expensive year on record
1 year, 11 months ago

Climate change helped make 2022 the 3rd most expensive year on record

The Hindu  

US weather disasters are getting costlier as more people move into vulnerable areas and climate change raises the risks of extreme heat and rainfall, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned as it released its annual billion-dollar disasters report on January 10, 2023. For example, “it is clear that climate change increases the upper limit on hurricane strength and rain …

NOAA: Ian, drought supercharged US weather extremes in 2022
1 year, 11 months ago

NOAA: Ian, drought supercharged US weather extremes in 2022

Associated Press  

DENVER — Costly weather disasters kept raining down on America last year, pounding the nation with 18 climate extremes that caused at least $1 billion in damage each, totaling more than $165 billion, federal climate scientists calculated Tuesday. Even though 2022 wasn’t near record hot for the United States, it was the third-wildest year nationally both in number of extremes …

Cities ablaze and countries submerged: The worst climate disasters of 2022
1 year, 11 months ago

Cities ablaze and countries submerged: The worst climate disasters of 2022

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The climate crisis intensified Pakistan’s monsoon rains by 50-75 per cent, World Weather Attribution subsequently discovered. open image in …

90% of humans will suffer extreme heat, drought due to climate change: report
1 year, 11 months ago

90% of humans will suffer extreme heat, drought due to climate change: report

Salon  

If you are reading this article, there is a 9 out of 10 chance that you live somewhere that will experience future extreme heat weather events due to climate change. In an analysis published for the scientific journal Nature Sustainability, Oxford's Professor Louise Slater and Wuhan University's Dr. Jiabo Yin explain that as the planet's temperature continues to rise, there …

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