Pakistan floodwaters recede, urgent humanitarian needs remain
UNHCR: In some of the worst-hit districts in Sindh province, flood victims continue to go hungry. With no access to clean drinking water or sanitation, many families are forced to use contaminated...
View ArticleThailand scrambles to prevent humanitarian disaster from floods
(Reuters) – Thai rescue workers scrambled on Monday to prevent a humanitarian disaster as the worst flooding in half a century swamped large sections of the country, shut factories and stranded...
View ArticleThailand races to defend Bangkok from floods
(Reuters) – Thailand raced on Tuesday to build floodwalls on the outskirts of Bangkok to prevent the worst floods in half a century from inundating parts of the capital later this week when water...
View ArticleThai floods damage rice, threaten exports
Oct 12 (Reuters) – Thailand’s worst floods in half a century have inundated farms and mills, squeezing rice supplies from the world’s top exporter, while rival Vietnam is expected to default on half a...
View ArticleGlobal Warming May Worsen Effects of El Niño, La Niña Events
Climate Central: Climate scientists have been wrestling with the first question for a while now, and they still don’t really have a definitive answer. Some climate models have suggested that global...
View ArticleFactbox – Thailand’s flood crisis in numbers
(Reuters) – Thailand is struggling with its worst flooding in 50 years, which has affected a third of its provinces and could swamp more of its densely populated capital, Bangkok, if water flowing from...
View ArticleThailand seeks flood prevention plan as Bangkok clean-up operation continues
Guardian: Authorities urged to tackle urban planning issues amid concerns climate change puts Thai capital at risk of more frequent flooding. Continue
View ArticleThai floods could cost insurers USD10 billion or more
Aon Benfield: Published by Impact Forecasting, the firm’s catastrophe model development center of excellence, the report reveals that the worst flooding in decades continued across parts of Thailand...
View ArticleCities and Flooding
GFDRR: Urban flooding is a serious and growing development challenge. It is a global phenomenon which causes widespread devastation, economic damages and loss of human lives. The occurrence of floods...
View ArticleResearch Links Extreme Summer Heat Events to Global Warming
NASA: Research Links Extreme Summer Heat Events to Global Warming Columbia University: This year’s Midwest heat wave and some other recent extreme weather events are no fluke of nature, but a...
View ArticleWarming causes more extreme shifts of the Southern Hemisphere’s largest rain...
CSIRO: The changes will result from the South Pacific rain band responding to greenhouse warming. The South Pacific rain band is largest and most persistent of the Southern Hemisphere spanning the...
View ArticleRed Flood alert in Bangladesh
GDACS: Summary This flood can have a high humanitarian impact based on the Magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability. Flood Magnitude 7.60, from 14/05/2012 00:00 UTC to 16/05/2013...
View ArticleIndia: Uttarakhand floods: Toll may cross 5,000
The Asian Age: The Uttarakhand government on Sunday expressed fear that at least 5,000 people may have lost their lives in the worst-ever deluge to have struck the hill state. “At least 5,000 people...
View ArticleWorse floods ahead as climate warms
climate news network: Heavy and prolonged rainfall will cause both more frequent and more severe flooding across the United Kingdom and the rest of north-west Europe as the atmosphere continues to...
View ArticleA Flood of Flood Reports: A global list of recent events
The Center for Climate & Security: In the past few weeks, we’ve noticed an unusual number of articles about significant flood events that are occurring, or have recently occurred, around the...
View ArticleA Global Perspective on the Recent Storms and Floods in the UK
UK MET: This series of winter storms has been exceptional in its duration, and has led to the wettest December to January period in the UK since records began. Heavy rains combined with strong winds...
View ArticleEurope’s flood risk may double by 2050
climate news network: The catastrophic floods that soaked Europe last summer and the United Kingdom this winter are part of the pattern of things to come. According to a new study of flood risk in...
View ArticleFive ways to achieve climate justice
Guardian: A recent report by the International Bar Association suggests concrete steps to getting the law right for the victims of climate change. We are learning to see climate injustice. We see it in...
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