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China: Tens of thousands flee homes as strong Typhoon Doksuri wets Bejing,
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Tens of thousands of people fled their homes in Beijing after Typhoon Doksuri — one of the strongest storms in years — led to torrential rain across China amid a warning of another hurricane-level storm, CNN reported.
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Climate disasters, traumatic events have long-term impact on youths' acade
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Experiencing stressful experiences such as natural disasters may have long-term effects on youth scholastic advancement and future food security, which researchers believe will deteriorate as the frequency of extreme weather events increases owing to climate change.
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Extreme weather caused two million deaths, cost USD4 trillion over last 50
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Over two million deaths and USD4.3 trillion in economic losses; that's the impact of a half-century of extreme weather events turbo-charged by man-made global warming, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday.
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Country to be covered by Doppler Weather Radar Network by 2025 to predict
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh on Sunday said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the number of radars has increased from 15 to 37 in the last eight years and 25 more radars are to be added in the next five years for the universal
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Climate change "humanity's biggest challenge in modern times": COP27 Presi
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
This year's UN Climate Conference takes place in Sharm el-Sheikh, against a backdrop of extreme weather events worldwide, an energy crisis propelled by the war in Ukraine, and scientific data reiterating that the world is not doing enough to tackle carbon emissions and protect the future of
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COP27: Getting back to Net Zero; IMF lists 3 key priorities for climate mi
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
This year's COp27 summit will be even more crucial in the backdrop of several extreme weather events -- typhoons in Bangladesh, unprecedented floods in Pakistan, heatwaves in Europe, wildfires in North America, dry rivers in China, and droughts in Africa.
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Weather events have significant negative impact on skins: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 20 (ANI): A new study has found that wildfires, and extreme heat events increase in frequency and severity which results in skin diseases.
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Study shows how climate change is affecting extreme weather events around
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Bristol [UK], June 28 (ANI): The science of attribution has led to major advances in linking the impacts of extreme weather and human-caused climate change, but large gaps in published research still obscure the full extent of damage from climate change, warns a new report published today in
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Quad to cooperate on disaster risk reduction through CDRI
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 24 (ANI): The Quad will cooperate on disaster risk reduction for extreme weather events, including through the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), the White House said on Tuesday.
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Survivors of weather-related disasters may have accelerated ageing: Study
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Arizona [US], February 8 (ANI): Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico in 2017. It left in its wake, the largest catastrophe in the history of the island. The storm killed over 3,000 people in its immediate aftermath, knocked out power to nearly all of the island's 3.4 million residents, a
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Pakistan to face debt crisis, failure of cyber security: World Economic Fo
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 12 (ANI): The 'Global Risks Report 2022' has listed five risks facing Pakistan with top risk of the debt crisis, followed by extreme weather events, failure to stabilise price trajectories, failure of cyber security measures and human-made environmental damage,
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Too dry, too hot, or too wet: Increasing weather persistence in European s
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Potsdam [Germany], December 6 (ANI): A novel analysis of atmospheric images and data has found that global warming makes long-lasting weather situations in the Northern hemisphere's summer months more likely, which in turn leads to more extreme weather events.
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