Browsing: Disasters
The American Relief Act, 2025, allocates $2 billion for emergency relief payments to livestock producers affected by drought, wildfires, and flooding in 2023 and 2024. Producers…
In 2020, extreme weather and geophysical events displaced 30.7 million people, three times more than the 9.8 million displaced by war and conflict, despite escalating violence…
The article discusses the challenges and limitations of disaster databases, particularly the International Disaster Database (EM-DAT), which is widely used for tracking disaster events. It emphasizes…
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The article "Displacement, disasters and climate change" from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) examines the escalating issue of internal displacement driven by natural disasters and…
A new study by Maplecroft ranks 229 countries based on their vulnerability to natural disasters, with Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Iran identified as the most at risk.…
Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Iran are ranked as the most vulnerable nations to extreme weather and geological events, according to the Natural Disasters Risk Index (NDRI) by…
Disasters, including earthquakes, storms, floods, and droughts, result in approximately 40,000 to 50,000 deaths annually, with extreme events sometimes causing hundreds of thousands of fatalities. Beyond…
In an article by Mami Mizutori and Patricia Espinosa, it is emphasized that adapting to the impacts of climate change is as crucial as reducing greenhouse…
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