World: Another month of extreme weather uproots hundreds of thousands across the globe

2021-11-05T14:43+0100reliefWeb (en)

As world leaders meet at COP26 to make commitments for climate action, displacement associated with disasters and the impacts of climate change continues to threaten homes, livelihoods and lives, warns the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. Geneva, 4th November 2021 -- Floods and storms forced....

Another month of extreme weather uproots hundreds of thousands across the globe

2021-11-05T12:34+0100internal-displacement (en)

As world leaders meet at COP26 to make commitments for climate action, displacement associated with disasters and the impacts of climate change continues to threaten homes, livelihoods and lives, warns the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. Geneva, 4th November 2021 – Floods and storms forced....

Natural disasters sweep through the world

2021-11-02T11:18+0100kcnawatch (en)

Last October, Asian countries suffered heavy damage from downpour and flood. It rained heavily for a few days in Shanxi Province of China, flooding 76 counties of 11 cities. It claimed 15 lives, destroyed 37 700 living rooms and played havoc with crops that had been planted on an area of 3 576 900 hectares.

La vida bajo la amenaza constante de un tifón en Filipinas

2021-10-26T15:16+0200deperu (es)

Un año después de que una potente tormenta provocara una avalancha de rocas volcánicas y arena que sepultó su casa, Florivic Baldoza, una vendedora de comida ambulante de Filipinas, vive todavía en un centro de evacuación. Con el riesgo de fenómenos meteorológicos extremos en aumento debido al....