Pakistan is facing the heaviest rains in the last 30 years and sudden floods caused by the heavy rains have killed more than 1, 100 people. Floods have washed away numbers of bridges, roads, homes and hotels. Large areas of crops are under water. I have seen many people sheltering on ...
The image below shows severe flooding caused by the overflowing of the Indus River south of Kandhkot, a small town in Pakistan's Sindh province, leading to significant devastation. © European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery - August 2024 (source) ...
The world of sport will also shine a spotlight on Europe this year, too, with the Olympics (and all the controversy over Russian and Belarusian athletes) coming to Paris, and the men's European Football Championship in Germany. 2024 will also be decisive for Ukraine in the ongoing...
In New Orleans, the levees attempt to perform dual duties: On one side of the city, levees protect against floods from the Mississippi River, and on the other side, they help to keep Lake Pontchartrain at bay. In parts of the Netherlands, dikes stop ocean waters from reclaiming thousands ...
The author considers the floods in Pakistan and its impact on the poor. He looks at the damages caused by the floods. He criticizes the response of the government to the floods. He believes the ruling elite of the country failed to create a primitive social safety net. He comments on the...
"If we get a big El Nino at the end of this year, then we're likely to break the record for global temperature in 2024." Europe experienced its hottest summer on record in 2022, while extreme rainfall caused disastrous flooding in Pakistan. ...
China is borded with, if we go from northeast with anti-clock, North Korea, Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Taijkistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, Laos, Vietam. 14 countries in total! Wow, I’m amazed…. I didn’t know half of them. Because China...
However, we also need to highlight that the money promised so far looks very small when compared to the economic costs of climate change. In Pakistan alone, it is estimated that this year’s floods caused damage of around $30bn. COP27 will be remembered as a failure - here's what went...
See WMO summary of year for info on global extremes – especially floods in Africa, India, Pakistan, China 3 The Polar Ice Caps and other ice features experienced extreme melting this year. This year, Arctic sea ice reached a minimum in both extent (how much of the sea is covered during...
hardware failures, natural disasters, and outages caused by human error. Some you can anticipate. For example, all organizations can be targeted by cyberattacks. Some companies are based where natural disasters, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods, are more likely to occur. Human error is...