IDMC, 6 Sep As of 9 October, 23 people have died due to heavy rain that started on 1 October. Storms have forced the evacuation of nearly 34, people in Chongqing Municipality and the provinces of Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan and Shaanxi.
More than 5, houses collapsed and over 24, were damaged. Direct economic losses are estimated at 3. Xinhua, 9 Oct As of 12 October, 5 people have been killed and approximately 26, people evacuated due to torrential rain in Hubei Province. More than 8, homes were destroyed.
Direct economic losses are estimated at approximately 4 billion yuan about million US dollars. Xinhua, 12 Oct The Guangdong Flood Control and Drought Relief hq reported that more than , people within heavily affected areas of the province, and at least 38, tourists, had been relocated in advance of the typhoon.
Guangdong, and neighbouring provinces Fujian and Hainan, experienced disruption to construction, schooling, maritime and transportation operations. The same day, Typhoon Khanun was downgraded to a tropical storm and emergency response levels were lowered in Guangdong on the same day. Xinhua, 16 Oct On November 8, heavy downpours forced the evacuation of over 11, people in southern China's Hainanan province.
Meanwhile in the city of Wanning, over 78 villages were flooded, a highway section was inundated, and all schools were suspended. Fire fighters, border patrol, and armed police have been deployed for rescue operations.
The searing heat persisted throughout July in the Pacific Northwest, and was followed by another wave in October, as high temperatures rippled through the Midwest and reached triple digits around Los Angeles, shattering records. Vegetation across much of the drought-stricken west eagerly soaked up the surfeit of water from the wet winter, leading to a rapid, vast growth spurt in trees, grasses, and shrubs in the spring. Then summer and fall brought intense heat that dried out these plants, turning the greenery into fuel.
Wildfires began igniting over the summer, sending choking air pollution through Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and California. Huge new fires appeared in subsequent months, causing record damage , including the ongoing fires around Los Angeles that are poised to burn the rest of the year. The Thomas Fire in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, at more than , acres , is the largest fire in California history.
Across the United States, more than 9. But the wildfires that scorched vast swaths of the US this year can scarcely be described as natural disasters, since human activities exacerbated them at every step. And changes in the climate are making many of these wildfires worse.
Researchers found that human-caused climate change accounts for 55 percent of the increase in drying out of Western forests, a major factor in wildfires, and has led to a doubling of the area burned. But in study published in Environmental Research Letters in , researchers projected that the area scorched by wildfires in Southern California will grow by as much as 77 percent by the middle of the century due to warming.
Worldwide, is shaping up to be the most expensive year for climate disasters ever. Such expensive weather events are part of an ongoing trend. And the price of disaster damage is continuing to go up , according to the Government Accountability Office. Part of it is that the hurricanes this year really were immense, but they have a bigger impact when they collide with growing cities.
As more people compete for real estate, property values have skyrocketed in Florida and California. That means any time a disaster strikes, it becomes horrendously expensive to repair all the infrastructure and personal property.
Many of the dollar values are drawn from insured properties, which represent only a fraction of the devastation. Over the past decade, only 30 percent of catastrophic losses around the world were insured, according to the reinsurance firm Swiss Re.
Now the big question is who pays the bill. The disasters of took hundreds of lives. Hurricane Maria was especially cruel, with estimates of more than 1, deaths in Puerto Rico. Hurricane Harvey was responsible for taking 82 lives. The Tubbs Fire in Northern California killed 22 people.
There were at least six deaths attributed to heat waves this year. Yet the toll of storms, fires, floods, and heat on human health can also be more insidious and can linger for years.
Heat is rarely listed as a cause of death, but it can be a factor in heart attacks, strokes, and respiratory arrests. High temperatures also worsen deadly air pollutants like ozone, which is linked to respiratory illnesses such as asthma. Smoke inhalation from wildfires can also be deadly over time, since fine smoke particles in the air aggravate asthma, provoke inflammation , and strain the heart and lungs.
When concentrations of very small particles of wood smoke pollution smaller than 2. Many of the wildfires this past year created conditions that exceeded this level of pollution. Researchers expect that as climate change makes wildfires more likely over the course of this century, deaths and illnesses attributed to pollution from wood smoke will rise too, even offsetting gains made from cleaning up emissions from industry.
And the fury of a hurricane can leave people scraped, bruised, crushed, or drowned. When a storm cuts off electricity, other dangers abound. Disasters are a strain not just on physical health but on mental health as well. After a major disaster, studies find a 5 to 15 percent increase in the incidence of mental health problems among survivors.
There are few signs at the local or federal level that policymakers are taking the risks of climate change and extreme weather seriously, and some forces are even exacerbating the risk.
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Week August 16 - August Technological disasters: Shipwreck with migrants; Mauritania. Week August 09 - August Technological disasters: Road accident; Jigawa state, Nigeria Explosion of a pretol tank; Akkar region, Lebanon Shipwreck with migrants; Bangladesh. Week August 02 - August Week July 26 - August Week July 19 - July Week July 12 - July Technological disasters: Collapse hotel; Suzhou, China Road accident; Chuquisaca department, Bolivia Fire hospital; Nassiriya, Iraq A bus falls into a ravin after an explosion; Kositan district, Pakistan Several shipwreck after a violent storm; Kalimantan, Indonesia Road accident; north Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire Shipwreck; Liberia Road accident, tanker explosion; Siaya county; Kenya.
Week July 05 - July Technological disasters: Fire in a chemical factory; Samut Pakan province, Thailand Fire in a food factory; Rupganj, Bangladesh Road accident; Van prefecture,Turkey Road accident; Algeria. Week June 28 - July Technological disasters: Crash of a military plane; Jolo Sulu province , Philippines Shipwreck with migrants; Zarzis, Tunisia.
Week June 21 - June Technological disasters: Collapse of a residential complex; Flordia, United States Fire in a martial art school; Henan proince, China. Week June 14 - June Technological disasters: A bus falls into a ravin; Peru A truck falls into a river; Kasama, Zambia. Week June 07 - June Technological disasters: Gas explosion in a residential area; Shiyan, China A bus falls into a ravin; Baloutchistan, Pakistan Crash of a military plane; Mandalay, Myanmar Rail accident; Daharki, Pakistan Fire in factory; Pune, India.
Week May 31 - June Week May 24 - May Week May 17 - May Week May 10 - May Technological disasters: Shipwreck with migrants; Tunisia. Week May 03 - May Technological disasters: Collapse in a gold mine; Tatakourou, Guinea Collapse of a subway bridge; Mexico city, Mexico Collision between two boats; near Shibchar, Bangladesh. Week April 26 - May Technological disasters: Fire in an hospital; Gujarat state, India.
Week April 19 - April Week April 12 - April Week April 05 - April Technological disasters: Flooding in a coal mine; Hutubi County, China. Week March 29 - April Technological disasters: Collision between a ferry and a cargo; Bangladesh Collision between a bus and a truck; Jiangsu province, China Rail accident; Hualien, Taiwan Crush in a stadium; Dar es Salam, Tanzania Uni Rep. Week March 22 - March Technological disasters: Fire in a refugee camp; Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
Week March 15 - March Week March 08 - March Technological disasters: Fire in a textil factory; Cairo, Egypt Bus accident; Sumedang, Indonesia Shipwreck with migrants; near Kerkennah Isl. Week March 01 - March Technological disasters: Fire in a retention center for migrants; Sanaa, Yemen Explosions in a military camp; Bata, Equatorial Guinea Crash of a military helicopter; Turkey Crash of a commercial plane; Pieri Jonglei state , South Sudan Collision between a car and a truck, South California, United States A bus falls into a ravin; Bolivia.
Week February 22 - February Week February 15 - February Week February 08 - February Week February 01 - February Technological disasters: Road accident; Near Kasese, Uganda. Week January 25 - January Week January 18 - January Technological disasters: Fire in a retirement house; Kharkiv, Ukraine Shipwreck with migrants; Libya Truck accident; Surat, Gujarat state India. Week January 11 - January Week January 04 - January Week December 28 - January 03 Week December 21 - December Week December 14 - December Technological disasters: Fire in house for elderly; Bachkortostan Oural , Russia Fire in an hospital; Gaziantep, Turkey.
Week December 07 - December Week November 30 - December Week November 23 - November Natural disasters: Landslides and floods; Antioquia department, Colombia Floods; central and southern Thailand Floods; Sardinia Isl. Technological disasters: Truck accident; Ocote Tuma, Nicaragua Collision between a truck and a bus; near Taguai, Brazil.
Week November 16 - November Week November 09 - November Week November 02 - November Technological disasters: Explosion in a chemical plant; near Ahmedabad, India. Week October 26 - November Week October 19 - October Technological disasters: Shipwreck with migrants; Senegal Shipwreck with migrants; Libya Collapse of a church; Akyem Batabi, Ghana. Week October 12 - October Natural disasters: Tropical storm Nangka; Hainan Isl.
Week October 05 - October Technological disasters: Collision between a train and a bus; Chachoengsao, Thailand Shipwreck with migrants; Tunisia Adulterated alcohol; Turkey.
Week September 28 - October Technological disasters: Mine accident; Songzao Chongqing , China. Week September 21 - September Week September 14 - September Week September 07 - September Week August 31 - September Week August 24 - August Week August 17 - August Technological disasters: Stampede in a disco; Lima, Peru Shipwreck with migrants; Libya. Week August 10 - August Week August 03 - August Week July 27 - August Week July 20 - July Technological disasters: Bus accident; Vietnam Helicopter crash, Colombia.
Week July 13 - July Week July 06 - July Week June 29 - July Technological disasters: Transport accident between a train and bus; Farooqabad, Pakistan Shipwreck after two boats collision; Dacca, Bangladesh Collision between two boats; Mindoro, Philippines.
Week June 22 - June Week June 15 - June Week June 08 - June Week June 01 - June Week May 25 - May Technological disasters: Oil spill; Norilsk, Russia. Week May 18 - May Week May 11 - May Week May 04 - May Week April 27 - May Technological disasters: Fire in a refugee camp; samos, Greece. Week April 20 - April Technological disasters: Fire in a depot, Icheon, Korea Rep. Week April 13 - April Week April 06 - April Natural disasters: Cyclone 'Harold'; Solomon Isl.
Week March 30 - April Week March 23 - March Week March 16 - March Week March 09 - March Week March 02 - March Technological disasters: Road accident; near Dams, Syria. Week February 23 - March Technological disasters: Shipwreck; Amapa state, Brazil Collision between a train and a bus; Sukkur district Sindh province , Pakistan Collision between two boats; Japan.
Week February 17 - February Technological disasters: Shipwreck with migrants; Morocco. Week February 10 - February Week February 03 - February Technological disasters: Stampede in a school; Kakemega, Kenya Plane accident by landing; Istanbul, Turkey. Week January 27 - February Natural disasters: Floods; North Sumatra Province, Indonesia Flash floods; central and south-eastern regions; Tanzania Extreme weather conditions; Palestine Floods; Burundi.
Week January 20 - January Technological disasters: Shipwreck with migrants; Sumatra Isl. Week January 13 - January Technological disasters: Collision between two buses; Astil, Algeria Collision between two buses; Dompoase, Ghana. Week January 06 - January Week December 30 - January 05 Week December 09 - December Week December 02 - December Week November 25 - December Week November 18 - November Week November 11 - November Week November 04 - November Technological disasters: Collapse of a gold mine; Kintingnan Siguir ; Guinea.
Week October 28 - November Week October 21 - October Technological disasters: n. Week October 14 - October Week October 07 - October Technological disasters: Shipwreck with migrants; near Lampedusa, Italy. Week September 30 - October 6. Technological disasters: Collapse of a gold mine; Kindu, Congo Dem Rep Shipwreck with migrants; near Casablanca, Morocco Collision between a truck and a bus; East, Romania.
Week September 23 - September Technological disasters: Fire in a factory; Ninghai, China Collision between a truck and a bus; Jiangsu province Collision of two boats; near Dakhla, Morocco. Week September 16 - September Technological disasters: Fire in a school; Monrovia, Liberia. Week September 09 - September Week September 02 - September Week August 26 - September Technological disasters: Shipwreck; Lybia.
Week August 19 - August Technological disasters: Fire on a ferry; Java Isl. Week August 12 - August
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