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Severe Storms & Flooding

Home›Climate Impacts & Adaptation›Category: "Severe Storms & Flooding"
  • AsiaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island States

    70 Missing, 150 Dead as Cyclone Seroja Hits Indonesia, East Timor

    April 8, 2021
     
    April 8, 2021
    Catastrophic landslides driven by climate change and deforestation have killed at least 150 and displaced thousands after Tropical Cyclone Seroja hammered remote islands in ...
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  • Biodiversity & HabitatClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetySevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Wildfires, Toxic Gases Lead to Mass Bird Deaths in West-Central U.S.

    March 31, 2021
     
    March 31, 2021
    The 2020 wildfire season caused a mass die-off of birds in the western and central United States, according to crowdsourced science and weather location ...
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  • BuildingsClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States

    New Study Reveals Mega-Tornadoes More Common than Previously Believed

    March 30, 2021
     
    March 30, 2021
    Meteorologists have long used infrastructure damage to calculate tornado wind speeds, but that metric underestimates the real number of truly terrifying storms by as ...
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    Devastating Australian Floods Show ‘Tricky’ Connections to Climate Change

    March 28, 2021
     
    March 28, 2021
    Pounding rain arriving on the heels of an unseasonably wet summer has displaced thousands of people and inundated hundreds of kilometres of Australia’s southeast ...
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  • AsiaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingUnited States

    10.3 Million Displaced by Climate Disaster from September 2020 to February 2021

    March 21, 2021
     
    March 21, 2021
    In just a six-month period over the past year, climate disasters sent more than 10 million people fleeing from their homes, adding to trauma ...
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  • CitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDemographicsEnergy Access & EquityFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    More Systemic Racism than Storm Damage in Jackson, Mississippi Water Crisis

    March 14, 2021
     
    March 14, 2021
    The winter storm that famously brought Texas to its knees last month also delivered misery to places like Jackson, Mississippi. Weeks later, more than ...
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  • Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemographicsHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInsurance & LiabilityInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States

    Increases in U.S. Floods, Flood Damage Fuel Insurance Crisis

    March 14, 2021
     
    March 14, 2021
    Sea level rise and severe storms are sending more and more water surging into America’s towns and cities, destroying property and lives. That has ...
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  • Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & Flooding

    Criminalizing Ecocide Could Give Teeth to Easy-to-Evade Climate Targets

    March 5, 2021
     
    March 5, 2021
    While most of the world’s countries are, for all intents and purposes, reneging on their promises to keep global warming below 1.5°C, individuals and ...
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  • BuildingsCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Heritage Group Places Entire City of Providence, RI, on ‘Endangered Property’ List

    March 3, 2021
     
    March 3, 2021
    The iconic 1928 “Superman” building is just one of many heritage treasures to be found in the 385-year-old Rhode Island city of Providence. Now, ...
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    Maryland Capital and Its County Launch New Climate Suits Against Big Fossil

    February 28, 2021
     
    February 28, 2021
    Annapolis, Maryland, has launched a lawsuit against 26 fossil companies—including heavyweights ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, and Shell—in a bid to hold the industry liable for ...
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  • BuildingsCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy Access & EquityFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInsurance & LiabilityJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Rising Rents, Hurricane Damage Drive Homelessness Crisis in Louisiana

    February 26, 2021
     
    February 26, 2021
    Only six months after seeing their homes destroyed by back-to-back hurricanes, many renters in the industrial heartland of southwest Louisiana have found themselves literally ...
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  • AfricaChinaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy PoliticsEuropeHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States

    Russian Veto Blocks UN Security Council Action on Climate

    February 24, 2021
     
    February 24, 2021
    The sitting president of the United Nations Security Council was left “stabbing at a broken panic button” yesterday after Russia’s veto threat prevented the ...
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  • Arctic & AntarcticaBuildingsCoalElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureLegal & RegulatoryNuclearOff-GridOil & GasSevere Storms & FloodingSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind

    Brutal Cold Snap Triggers Rolling Blackouts, Drives Up Power Costs as Texas Gas Plants Fail

    February 17, 2021
     
    February 17, 2021
    A brutal blast of cold, winter weather this week killed at least 14 people in four U.S. states, dropped snow and ice on an ...
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    Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrought, Famine & WildfiresFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingUnited States

    Deliver Real Protections for Climate Migrants, Refugee Group Urges Biden Administration

    February 17, 2021
     
    February 17, 2021
    As work begins on a new climate change and migration report commissioned by the Biden administration, Refugees International is urging the White House to ...
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  • Climate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingSouth & Central AmericaSub-National Governments

    Citizen ‘Climate Brigades’ in Ecuador Build Resilience, Cohesion

    February 17, 2021
     
    February 17, 2021
    The citizen brigades of Guayaquil, Ecuador, were established to help the city’s poor find safety during extreme weather events. But the results have gone ...
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  • Arctic & AntarcticaClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresICYMIJurisdictionsSevere Storms & Flooding

    Lightning Surge Could Produce More Arctic Wildfires

    April 13, 2021
     
    April 13, 2021
  • BuildingsCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDemographicsElectricity GridHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureICYMIJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Sudden Winter Freeze was ‘Living Nightmare’ for Texas Mobile Home Community

    April 13, 2021
     
    April 13, 2021
  • BuildingsCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseICYMIInsurance & LiabilityJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    New Jersey at Greatest Risk as Atlantic Coast Sea Level Rise Hits 2,000-Year High

    April 8, 2021
     
    April 8, 2021
  • AsiaChinaCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyICYMIJurisdictionsSevere Storms & Flooding

    Pollution ‘Off the Charts’ as Beijing Faces Another Sandstorm

    April 5, 2021
     
    April 5, 2021
  • BuildingsCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & DistributionEnergy PoliticsICYMIInsurance & LiabilityJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingUnited States

    Democratic Senate Leader Schumer Stalls Flood Insurance Overhaul

    March 31, 2021
     
    March 31, 2021
  • Arctic & AntarcticaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationICYMIInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSevere Storms & Flooding

    Study Shows Increase in Arctic Lightning

    March 31, 2021
     
    March 31, 2021
  • Carbon Levels & MeasurementCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyICYMIJurisdictionsMethaneNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Fossils Burned Off ‘Staggering’ Amounts of Methane During Texas Grid Crisis

    March 30, 2021
     
    March 30, 2021
  • CitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureICYMIJurisdictionsOceansSevere Storms & Flooding

    Climate Drives Shifts in Atlantic Hurricane Season

    March 30, 2021
     
    March 30, 2021
  • BuildingsCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyICYMIJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergySevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind

    Texas ‘Absolutely’ Ignored Advice to Winterize Its Grid

    March 28, 2021
     
    March 28, 2021
  • BuildingsCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseICYMIInsurance & LiabilityJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Solutions Don’t Come Cheap for North Carolina Town at Risk of Washing Away

    March 28, 2021
     
    March 28, 2021
  • CitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDemographicsHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationICYMIInternational Security & WarJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Hurricane Devastation Drives Migrant Teens to U.S. Southern Border

    March 25, 2021
     
    March 25, 2021
  • BuildingsCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionIce Loss & Sea Level RiseICYMIInsurance & LiabilityJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    BP Pays for $1.5-Billion Plan to Keep Louisiana Above Water

    March 25, 2021
     
    March 25, 2021
  • BuildingsCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDemographicsHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationICYMIInsurance & LiabilityJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Redlined U.S. Neighbourhoods Face Higher Risk of Flooding

    March 23, 2021
     
    March 23, 2021
  • Air & MarineChinaCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyICYMIJurisdictionsSevere Storms & Flooding

    Sandstorms Bring Beijing’s Worst Air Since 2017

    March 23, 2021
     
    March 23, 2021
  • Biodiversity & HabitatBuildingsCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDemand & DistributionICYMIJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWater

    Hawai’i Seawalls Do More Harm than Good

    March 23, 2021
     
    March 23, 2021
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