Deadly extreme weather year for US as carbon emissions soar
2 years, 11 months ago

Deadly extreme weather year for US as carbon emissions soar

Associated Press  

The United States staggered through a steady onslaught of deadly billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in an extra hot 2021, while the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions last year jumped 6% because of surges in coal and long-haul trucking, putting America further behind its 2030 climate change cutting goal. And last year was the deadliest weather year for the contiguous United States since 2011 with 688 people dying in 20 different billion-dollar weather and climate disasters that combined cost at least $145 billion, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday. “A lot of trends are going in the wrong direction.” The last five years have cost $742 billion in 86 separate billion-dollar weather disasters, an average of more than 17 a year, a new record. However, last year’s emissions increases the difficulty in reaching the goal President Joe Biden set as part of the Paris and Glasgow climate agreements, Larsen said.

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Terrifying study predicts exactly how many people will DIE from climate change by 2100
1 month ago

Terrifying study predicts exactly how many people will DIE from climate change by 2100

Daily Mail  

A terrifying new study has predicted exactly how many people will die from climate change by 2100. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry used advanced numerical simulations to estimate the mortality attributable to air pollution and extreme temperatures. Their analysis indicates that a staggering 30 million people could perish by the end of the century thanks to climate …

Harsh weather sends up deaths by 144% in Telangana
1 month, 1 week 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 …

US reels under scorching temperatures, heavy flooding
6 months 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, 2 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 …

US suffered 28 extreme weather events in 2023, lost $93 billion in damages
11 months, 2 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
11 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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 sets record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year — and there’s still 4 months to go
1 year, 3 months ago

US sets record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year — and there’s still 4 months to go

Associated Press  

The deadly firestorm in Hawaii and Hurricane Idalia’s watery storm surge helped push the United States to a record for the number of weather disasters that cost $1 billion or more. “I would not expect things to slow down anytime soon.” NOAA has been tracking billion-dollar weather disasters in the United States since 1980 and adjusts damage costs for inflation. …

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, …

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 events are becoming more severe, not less
54 years, 11 months 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 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 …

California storm costs could add up to nation’s first billion-dollar disaster of 2023
1 year, 11 months ago

California storm costs could add up to nation’s first billion-dollar disaster of 2023

LA Times  

As severe storms continue to hit California, a climate expert warns that the costs to the state could be in excess of $1 billion. The total is a reflection of “physical damage to homes, businesses and municipal properties,” said Adam Smith, an applied climatologist and disaster expert with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “Clearly, when everything is said and …

Climate Crisis: 2022’s worst climate disasters cost the world billions of dollars
1 year, 11 months ago

Climate Crisis: 2022’s worst climate disasters cost the world billions of dollars

Live Mint  

As we wave adieu to yet another year of climate inaction, we mustn’t forget that the impacts of the climate crisis continue to get more destructive every year. According to the UK-based charity organisation Christian Aid, the ten biggest climate disasters this year resulted in damages of at least $3 billion each. A new report released by Christian Aid, called …

2022 was a historic year for climate change reform — and for natural disasters
2 years ago

2022 was a historic year for climate change reform — and for natural disasters

Salon  

It may seem like 2022 was such a slog it felt more like three years instead of one — something about the pandemic has warped time perception — but even so, on geological timescales, it was a blip. Our planet's average temperature has fluctuated many times throughout its 4.5 billion year history, but things are heating up, fast, and humans …

New abnormal: Climate disaster damage 'down' to $268 billion
2 years ago

New abnormal: Climate disaster damage 'down' to $268 billion

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. “We’re just getting used to it but that’s not …

'Weather-related disasters have increased five times over last 50 years,' says UN
2 years, 3 months ago

'Weather-related disasters have increased five times over last 50 years,' says UN

Firstpost  

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres cited the floods in Pakistan, heat waves in Europe, droughts in places such as China, the Horn of Africa, and the United States – and pointed the finger at fossil fuels Geneva: With weather disasters costing $200 million a day and irreversible climate catastrophe looming, the world is “heading in the wrong direction,” the United Nations …

Climate disasters rising faster in MENA than any other region
2 years, 8 months ago

Climate disasters rising faster in MENA than any other region

Al Jazeera  

Data from the past century shows temperatures in the region have risen by 1.5°C – twice the global increase, new International Monetary Fund study shows. Climate disasters in the region have injured and displaced seven million people in an average year, causing more than 2,600 deaths and $2bn in physical damage, an International Monetary Fund research paper showed. “Climate change …

Extreme weather in the U.S. cost 688 lives and $145 billion last year, NOAA says
2 years, 11 months ago

Extreme weather in the U.S. cost 688 lives and $145 billion last year, NOAA says

NPR  

Extreme weather in the U.S. cost 688 lives and $145 billion last year, NOAA says Enlarge this image toggle caption Gillian Flaccus/AP Gillian Flaccus/AP Wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes and a winter storm and cold wave were among 20 weather and climate disasters in the U.S. last year that cost $1 billion or more, totaling $145 billion and killing 688 people, according …

Deadly extreme weather year for U.S. as carbon emissions soar
2 years, 11 months ago

Deadly extreme weather year for U.S. as carbon emissions soar

LA Times  

2021 had the second-highest number of billion-dollar weather disasters — which are adjusted for inflation with records going back to 1980 — and third costliest. The United States staggered through a steady onslaught of deadly billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in an extra hot 2021, while the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions last year jumped 6% because of surges in coal …

The climate disasters that impacted North America in 2021
2 years, 11 months ago

The climate disasters that impacted North America in 2021

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. “This is really an example of climate change in the present day,” Suzanne Case, who leads Hawaii’s Department of …

Top 10 extreme climate events of 2021 each cost over $1.5 bn of damage, report says
2 years, 11 months ago

Top 10 extreme climate events of 2021 each cost over $1.5 bn of damage, report says

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 The ten most devastating climate events of 2021, including hurricanes in the US, China, and …

Climate disasters cost the world billions of dollars in 2021
2 years, 11 months ago

Climate disasters cost the world billions of dollars in 2021

Live Mint  

The world continued to tackle covid-19 in 2021 but the climate change crisis didn’t stop. A new report from the UK-based non-profit Christian Aid looks at the ten most financially devastating climate events of 2021, from hurricanes in the US, China and India to floods in Australia, Europe and Canada. The resulting floods killed at least 240 people and caused …

Climate change reshaped Earth with extreme weather this year
3 years, 1 month ago

Climate change reshaped Earth with extreme weather this year

Associated Press  

Climate change in 2021 reshaped life on planet Earth through extreme weather. Heat waves proved deadly and unprecedented, pushing temperatures in the Northwest and even reaching 116 degrees Fahrenheit in Portland, Oregon, a city known for its mild climate. “These events would have been impossible without human-caused climate change,” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. A report from AIR Worldwide, a …

Weather Disasters Have Become 5 Times As Common, Thanks In Part To Climate Change
3 years, 3 months ago

Weather Disasters Have Become 5 Times As Common, Thanks In Part To Climate Change

NPR  

Weather Disasters Have Become 5 Times As Common, Thanks In Part To Climate Change Enlarge this image toggle caption Karl Mondon/Digital First Media/The Mercury News via Getty Images Karl Mondon/Digital First Media/The Mercury News via Getty Images Climate change has helped drive a fivefold increase in the number of weather-related disasters in the last 50 years, according to a new …

UN: Weather disasters soar in numbers, cost, but deaths fall
3 years, 3 months ago

UN: Weather disasters soar in numbers, cost, but deaths fall

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Weather disasters are striking the world four to five times more often and causing seven times more damage than in the 1970s, the United Nations weather agency reports. “We are going to see more climatic extremes because of climate change, and these negative trends in climate will continue for the coming decades.” In the 1970s, the world averaged …

Weather disasters becoming more frequent and costly: UN
3 years, 3 months ago

Weather disasters becoming more frequent and costly: UN

Al Jazeera  

Number of extreme weather disasters shot up nearly fivefold from 1970s to most recent decade due to global warming. The number of weather disasters – such as floods and heatwaves – driven by climate change has increased fivefold during the past 50 years, killing more than two million people and costing $3.64 trillion in total losses, a UN agency says. …

Climate Change Caused One-third of Heat Deaths in Last Three Decades, Study Reveals
3 years, 6 months ago

Climate Change Caused One-third of Heat Deaths in Last Three Decades, Study Reveals

News 18  

Human-induced climate change is responsible for nearly a third or 37 percent of heat deaths in the last three decades, according to a study led by an international team of researchers. The study, published in the Nature Climate Change, used information on heat deaths and temperature readings to build computer models that calculated how many deaths could be attributed to …

Climate change responsible for 37% of global heat deaths, study says
3 years, 6 months ago

Climate change responsible for 37% of global heat deaths, study says

LA Times  

Mourners attend a funeral for unclaimed people who died of extreme heat in Karachi, Pakistan, in 2015. More than one-third of the world’s heat deaths each year are due directly to global warming, according to the latest study to calculate the human cost of climate change. Dozens of researchers who looked at heat deaths in 732 cities around the globe …

Study: Sharp rise in extreme weather events in last 50 yrs
3 years, 9 months ago

Study: Sharp rise in extreme weather events in last 50 yrs

Hindustan Times  

A new paper by scientists from ministry of earth sciences has revealed a sharp rise in extreme weather events in India in the past 50 years, although the overall mortality due to extreme weather events has been declining, pointing to both the challenge posed by the climate crisis, and the fact that governments have become better at saving lives, although …

Over 4.8 lakh people died due to extreme weather events this century: Analysis
3 years, 10 months ago

Over 4.8 lakh people died due to extreme weather events this century: Analysis

Firstpost  

Puerto Rico, Myanmar and Haiti were among the countries worst-affected by extreme weather events. Almost half a million people have died in natural disasters linked to extreme weather events in the last 20 years, according to a new assessment of the direct threat posed to humanity by climate change. An analysis of more than 11,000 extreme weather events showed nearly …

Nearly 500,000 killed by extreme weather disasters in 20 years
3 years, 10 months ago

Nearly 500,000 killed by extreme weather disasters in 20 years

Al Jazeera  

Researchers say rich nations are not doing enough to help developing countries with the deadly fallout from global warming. Almost half a million people have been killed in natural disasters linked to extreme weather events in the last 20 years, with the world’s poorest countries increasingly bearing the brunt of climate change’s wrath. Germanwatch’s Global Climate Index examined the impact …

World's top 10 environment disasters caused $150 billion worth of damages : report
3 years, 11 months ago

World's top 10 environment disasters caused $150 billion worth of damages : report

Firstpost  

Earth’s average surface temperature has gone up at least 1.1 degrees C on average compared to late 19th-century, with much of that warming occurring in the last half-century. The ten costliest weather disasters worldwide this year saw insured damages worth $150 billion, topping the figure for 2019 and reflecting a long-term impact of global warming, according to a report Monday. …

The stormy, fiery year when climate disasters wouldn’t stop
4 years ago

The stormy, fiery year when climate disasters wouldn’t stop

Associated Press  

Nature struck relentlessly in 2020 with record-breaking and deadly weather- and climate-related disasters. The United States didn’t just set a record for the most disasters costing at least $1 billion — adjusted for inflation — the nation obliterated the record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “Since April, we’ve seen a large disaster occur somewhere in the country …

U.N. climate report urges governments to put more money into early-warning systems
4 years, 2 months ago

U.N. climate report urges governments to put more money into early-warning systems

The Hindu  

In the wake of heat waves, global warming, forest fires, storms, droughts and a rising number of hurricanes, the U.N. weather agency is warning that the number of people who need international humanitarian help could rise 50% by 2030 compared to the 108 million who needed it worldwide in 2018. It said over 11,000 disasters have been attributed to weather, …

Climate change spurs doubling of disasters since 2000: UN
4 years, 2 months ago

Climate change spurs doubling of disasters since 2000: UN

Hindustan Times  

Climate change is largely to blame for a near doubling of natural disasters in the past 20 years, the United Nations said on Monday. The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction said 7,348 major disaster events had occurred between 2000 and 2019. The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction said 7,348 major disaster events had occurred between 2000 and 2019, …

Think 2020’s disasters are wild? Experts see worse in future
4 years, 3 months ago

Think 2020’s disasters are wild? Experts see worse in future

Associated Press  

A record amount of California is burning, spurred by a nearly 20-year mega-drought. “It’s going to get A LOT worse,” Georgia Tech climate scientist Kim Cobb said Wednesday. “I strongly believe we’re going to look back in 10 years, certainly 20 and definitely 50 and say, ‘Wow, 2020 was a crazy year, but I miss it,’” Abdalati said. University of …

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