Chinese provinces occupy the top nine spots, and 26 of the top 50 spots, on a list of the areas that will be at highest risk of climate-related disaster by 2050, according to researcher XDI. Source link
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Nearly 700 people died due to natural disasters in the contiguous United States in 2021 – the most since 2011, said a federal weather agency in a report released on Monday.The year “was marked by extremes across the US, including exceptional warmth, devastating severe weather and the second-highest number of …
Read More »Climate disasters cost world more than US$170 billion in 2021: study
Ten of this year’s most destructive weather events cost a combined US$170 billion in damages, according to a new study.Hurricane Ida, a tropical storm that pummelled much of the eastern US with lashing rain in August, killed at least 95 people and cost the economy US$65 billion. A month earlier, …
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