Urban street networks, building density shape severity of floodsScience
SourceAugust 19, 2024
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Urban street networks, building density shape severity of floods
Researchers’ new analytical model can assess neighborhood-level hazards globally By University of California - Irvine Cities around the globe are experiencing increased flooding due to…

Floods kill 54 in northern Chad: governorNews
SourceAugust 15, 2024
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Floods kill 54 in northern Chad: governor
N'Djamena, Chad (AFP) - Floods in Chad's northeast province of Tibesti have killed at least 54 people, the authorities said. The flooding in the region…

Disaster plant pathology: solutions to combat agricultural threats from disastersClimate
SourceAugust 7, 2024
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Disaster plant pathology: solutions to combat agricultural threats from disasters
By American Phytopathological Society An often-overlooked component of natural and human-driven disasters is their potential to affect plant health and thus food security at domestic…

Reclaimed by floods, wildlife returns to Romania’s Danube DeltaNews
SourceAugust 1, 2024
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Reclaimed by floods, wildlife returns to Romania’s Danube Delta
By Ani SANDU | AFP Mahmudia, Romania - Tour guide Eugen Grigorov steered his boat past half-underwater combine harvesters and last year's flooded crops in…

New model uses satellite imagery, machine learning to map flooding in urban environmentsClimateScience
SourceJuly 31, 2024
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New model uses satellite imagery, machine learning to map flooding in urban environments
By Joey Pitchford | North Carolina State University As climate change causes storms to intensify, new tools are needed to map where flooding occurs in…

Research will establish best ‘managed retreat’ practices for communities faced with climate change disasterClimate
SourceJuly 19, 2024
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Research will establish best ‘managed retreat’ practices for communities faced with climate change disaster
By University of Kansas Around the globe, communities at risk from repeated flooding due to climate change face stark decisions. Some communities in peril of…

Older people are climate change’s hidden victimsClimate
SourceJuly 19, 2024
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Older people are climate change’s hidden victims
By Yulisna Mutia Sari, Monash University, Indonesia | Sharyn Davies, Monash University, Australia | Rafika Nurul Hamdani Ramli, Hasanuddin University | 360info As the planet continues…

Heavy rains kill 5, leave 8 missing in northern China: state mediaNews
SourceJuly 19, 2024
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Heavy rains kill 5, leave 8 missing in northern China: state media
Beijing, China (AFP) - Torrential rains have killed five people and left eight missing in northern China's Shaanxi province, state media reported Friday. Heavy rain…

Early warning systems and plans to avert disasters due to extreme rainfall are still flawed, study showsScienceClimate
SourceJune 27, 2024
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Early warning systems and plans to avert disasters due to extreme rainfall are still flawed, study shows
Researchers analyzed landslides caused by storms in São Sebastião (Brazil) in 2023, when at least 65 people died, and suggest involvement of the local community…

El Niño forecasts extended to 18 months with innovative physics-based modelClimateScience
SourceJune 26, 2024
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El Niño forecasts extended to 18 months with innovative physics-based model
By University of Hawaii at Manoa Across Asia, the Pacific Ocean, and the Americas, El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) brings variations in winds, weather, and…

Why Indian cities flood during monsoon rainsClimate
SourceJune 25, 2024
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Why Indian cities flood during monsoon rains
By Amita Bhide, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai | 360info To avoid floods, Indian cities need to engage in nuanced, localised and comprehensive planning…

Human activity: A double-edged sword in the face of droughtClimateScience
SourceJune 21, 2024
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Human activity: A double-edged sword in the face of drought
By Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH) Earth and environmental scientists reported that as human socio-economic activities increase, greenhouse gas emissions will rise, leading…

Death toll in south China flooding jumps to 38: state mediaNews
SourceJune 21, 2024
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Death toll in south China flooding jumps to 38: state media
Beijing, China | AFP - The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in southern China's Guangdong province this week rose sharply to 38 on…

Climate change may worsen flooding in Mumbai and ChennaiClimate
SourceJune 20, 2024
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Climate change may worsen flooding in Mumbai and Chennai
By Dharmappa Hagare, Western Sydney University For all flood-prone cities of India, there is an urgent need to develop flood inundation maps. Although Bollywood films…

An earthquake changed the course of the Ganges. Could it happen again?Science
SourceJune 17, 2024
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An earthquake changed the course of the Ganges. Could it happen again?
By Kevin Krajick, Columbia Climate School A major earthquake 2,500 years ago caused one of the largest rivers on Earth to abruptly change course, according…

Climate misinformation overshadows record floods worldwideClimateNews
SourceJune 11, 2024
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Climate misinformation overshadows record floods worldwide
By Manon JACOB | AFP Washington, United States - Climate skeptics are scapegoating a weather modification technique known as cloud seeding to deny the role…

Why Malaysia has a stake in preserving AntarcticaClimate
SourceMay 29, 2024
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Why Malaysia has a stake in preserving Antarctica
By Wan Mohd Rauhan Wan Hussin, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu in Kuala Terengganu The global sea level rise due to the melting ice poses a serious…

Cases of bacterial disease rise in Brazil’s flooded southNews
SourceMay 28, 2024
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Cases of bacterial disease rise in Brazil’s flooded south
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil | AFP - Brazilian authorities on Tuesday reported an increase in cases of leptospirosis, a bacterial disease transmitted by rats, in…

Armenia floods kill one, hundreds evacuatedNews
SourceMay 26, 2024
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Armenia floods kill one, hundreds evacuated
Yerevan, Armenia | AFP - Floods in northern Armenia killed at least two people as they destroyed key roads and bridges, forcing some 200 to…

Seven young elephants drown in Sri LankaNews
SourceMay 26, 2024
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Seven young elephants drown in Sri Lanka
Colombo, Sri Lanka | AFP - Wildlife authorities in Sri Lanka on Sunday found seven carcasses of young elephants believed to have drowned in the…

El Nino not responsible for East Africa floods: scientistsNews
SourceMay 24, 2024
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El Nino not responsible for East Africa floods: scientists
Nairobi, Kenya (AFP) - The El Nino weather pattern did not have "any influence" on widespread flooding that killed hundreds in East Africa this year,…

Deforestation exacerbated deadly Brazil floods: expertsNews
SourceMay 22, 2024
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Deforestation exacerbated deadly Brazil floods: experts
By Anna PELEGRI | AFP Porto Alegre, Brazil - The floods devastating southern Brazil have been exacerbated by deforestation, much of it driven by soybean…

Climate change is a human rights issueClimate
SourceMay 21, 2024
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Climate change is a human rights issue
By Kuan-Wei Chen, McGill University and Hoda Asgarian, Bond University, The Conversation In April, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in favour of a group of…

Brazil mayor’s mammoth task: rebuild from floods, prevent moreNews
SourceMay 20, 2024
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Brazil mayor’s mammoth task: rebuild from floods, prevent more
By Anna PELEGRI | AFP Porto Alegre, Brazil - With his Brazilian city deep in brown floodwaters for the past three weeks, the mayor of…
