10 years of rapidly disentangling drivers of extreme weather disasters
In the summer of 2003, a devastating heatwave killed more than 70,000 people across Europe...
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Sam Fraser-Baxter
12:26
Climate change and high exposure increased costs and disruption to lives and livelihoods from flooding associated with exceptionally heavy rainfall in Central Europe
In mid September 2024 a very large region in Central Europe, including Poland, Czechia, Austria, Romania, Hungary, Germany and Slovakia
Sam Fraser-Baxter
13:30
Climate change increased Typhoon Gaemi’s wind speeds and rainfall, with devastating impacts across the western Pacific region
Typhoon Gaemi (known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Carina) strengthened into a tropical storm on July 20th while tracking
Sam Fraser-Baxter
02:21
Conflict, poverty and water management issues exposing vulnerable communities in Africa to extreme floods that are now common events because of climate change
The rainy season from July to September 2024 was marked by extremely heavy and sometimes unprecedented rainfall in large parts
Sam Fraser-Baxter
13:26
Climate change key driver of catastrophic impacts of Hurricane Helene that devastated both coastal and inland communities
Late on September 26th, Hurricane Helene made landfall at category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale on the panhandle of Florida,
Sam Fraser-Baxter
12:13
Climate change key driver of extreme drought in water scarce Sicily and Sardinia
Sicily and Sardinia, the two largest Italian islands, important centres of agriculture and tourism have suffered from exceptionally low rainfall
Sam Fraser-Baxter
06:25
Increasing April-May rainfall, El Niño and high vulnerability behind deadly flooding in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran
This April and May, large regions of central Asia were hit by a series of storms resulting in heavy downpours