Tag: floods

“Despite my lack of functional arms, during the Seroja storm I was still able to use my legs to run. ...

In September 2020, the investigative podcast “Radiolab” published an episode exploring the story of a mysterious fungal infection appearing simultaneously ...

On Tuesday, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization released its first-ever State of Global Water Resources report, detailing the impact climate ...

Between June and November, Nigeria, Niger and Chad experienced extreme rainfall that led to one of the deadliest floods in ...

On Monday, residents in Melbourne, Australia — the largest city in the state of Victoria — were urged to avoid the ...

Two-thirds of the Netherlands’ population, including its capital city of Amsterdam and several other major population centres, lie below sea ...

Globally, only extreme storms like hurricanes cause more damage than floods. Over the last 50 years, the global number of weather disasters ...

Pakistan has suffered yet another blow this monsoon season, with the National Disaster Management Authority reporting 119 lives lost in ...

The Death Valley National Park near the border between California and Nevada experienced unprecedented rainfall this month and two major ...

The 23rd annual Sydney Biennale exhibition is open and propels an important conversation — climate change and its relation to ...

Introducing another week of Future Trends on Oct. 14, 2020 – tracking current global news stories that provide insight into ...

Disasters typically hit hardest at the most vulnerable populations among us. Such people often have the poorest access to information ...