In May India was struck by a deadly heatwave. Temperatures as high as 47°C caused 2,200 deaths.
This week a heatwave in Pakistan claimed the lives of hundreds more. As the chart shows, the number of extreme weather- and climate-related events is rising. Serious storms have more than doubled in frequency since the early 1980s. Floods and heatwaves have more than tripled.
The human consequences may be serious.
Read more: Wise after the events: Climate change
The Latest on: Climate-related events
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The Latest on: Climate-related events
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The WMO State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023 report confirmed that it was by far the warmest year on record.
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- The climate crisis is a sexual health and reproductive rights emergencyon April 26, 2024 at 10:15 pm
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- NOAA Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters Are Not Evidence of Climate Changeon April 25, 2024 at 11:10 am
Weather and climate disaster losses as a percentage of U.S. GDP have not increased between 1990 and 2019, a new study finds.
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