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Hace 5 días · natural disaster, any calamitous occurrence generated by the effects of natural, rather than human-driven, phenomena that produces great loss of human life or destruction of the natural environment, private property, or public infrastructure. A natural disaster may be caused by weather and climate events or by earthquakes, landslides, and other ...
- Weather Bureaus
Weather bureau, agency established by many countries to...
- Heat Waves
heat wave, period of prolonged abnormally high surface...
- Tsunami Warning System
Other articles where tsunami warning system is discussed:...
- Derecho
derecho, windstorm traveling in a straight line...
- Windstorms
windstorm, a wind that is strong enough to cause at least...
- Weather Forecasting
Weather forecasting is the prediction of the weather through...
- Weather Bureaus
Hace 3 días · Ten deadliest natural disasters by highest estimated death toll excluding epidemics and famines. Deadliest natural disasters by year excluding epidemics and famines. 20th century. 21st century. Lists of deadliest natural disasters by cause. Avalanches/landslides. Disease outbreaks. Earthquakes. Famines.
14 de may. de 2024 · Three Climate and Catastrophe Lessons for 2024. Communities around the globe were impacted by the nearly 400 notable disasters in 2023. From extreme heat to severe storms and earthquakes – these events highlight the threat catastrophe risk poses to the way we live and work.
Hace 5 días · The Nakba, Arabic for “catastrophe,” refers to the 700,000 Palestinians who fled or were driven out of what today is Israel before and during the war surrounding its creation in 1948.
Hace 5 días · Palestinians are marking 76 years of dispossession, commemorating their mass expulsion from what is today Israel as a potentially even larger catastrophe unfolds in Gaza.
Hace 4 días · Hurricane Katrina was a devastating and deadly Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused 1,392 fatalities and damages estimated at $190 billion in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area. [1] Katrina was the twelfth tropical cyclone, the fifth hurricane, and the third major hurricane of the ...
Hace 1 día · 20 May 2024 Peace and Security. Gaza stands at “yet another precipice of further catastrophe” as the latest round of hostage negotiations in Cairo failed to reach an agreement, a senior UN official warned the Security Council on Monday. Tor Wennesland, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, underscored the need for ...
