Executive Summary Temperatures in Africa have been rising in recent decades at a rate comparable to that of most other continents and thus somewhat faster than global mean surface temperature, which...
The South Asia Flash Flood Guidance System (South Asia FFGS) has been officially launched, ushering in the prospect of improved early warnings for a major natural hazard in one of the world’s most...
Ginebra, 13 de octubre de 2020 — En los últimos 50 años, los peligros relacionados con el tiempo, el clima y el agua han sido reconocidos como la causa de más de 11 000 desastres que han provocado 2...
Genève, le 13 octobre 2020 – Au cours des 50 dernières années, plus de 11 000 catastrophes ont été attribuées aux aléas météorologiques, climatologiques et hydrologiques. Elles ont fait 2 millions de...
Geneva, 13 October 2020 - Over the past 50 years, more than 11,000 disasters have been attributed to weather, climate and water-related hazards, involving 2 million deaths and US$ 3.6 trillion in...
In the past few months many parts of the Volta Basin have been hit by heavy rainfall, causing floods which have displaced thousands of people and led to loss of life and livelihoods. Ghana, Burkina...
Hurricane Delta has made landfall in Mexico as a strong category 2 on the Saffir Simpson scale, bringing life-threatening storm surge, dangerous winds and torrential rainfall. Delta had earlier...
Hurricane Delta has rapidly strengthened into a dangerous category 4 on the Saffir Simpson scale, with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (209 km/h) heading towards the Yucatan Peninsula. Delta is...
Desert locusts continue to be a serious threat to food security and agriculture in parts of East Africa and India and Pakistan as a result of favourable climate and environmental conditions,...
A global initiative to improve early warnings of flash floods – one of the deadliest natural hazards _ has advanced in South Asia, just as the region is hit by unusually heavy monsoon rains and...