disasters

Locust swarms in Kenya have the ability to destroy the crops and thus livelihoods of farming families.
FAO/Sven Torfinn

From locusts to cyclones: The human cost of interlinked disasters

8 September 2021
Climate and Environment

Many extreme environmental events have a devastating effect on people’s lives, and a new UN report reveals that many of them are linked by the same underlying causes. On the day the study is released, we look at the impact of a locust swarm on a Kenyan farmer, and the ways that Cyclone Amphan affected an Indian worker.

Cyclone Amphan made landfall in eastern India on Wednesday afternoon local time.
WB State Inter Agency Group on Disaster Management.

Human activity the common link between disasters around the world

8 September 2021
Climate and Environment

Disasters such as cyclones, floods, and droughts are more connected than we might think, and human activity is the common thread, a UN report released on Wednesday reveals.

Across the world, more incidents of extreme weather events are being recorded.
WMO/Daniel Pavlinovic

Climate and weather related disasters surge five-fold over 50 years, but early warnings save lives - WMO report

1 September 2021
Climate and Environment

Climate change and increasingly extreme weather events, have caused a surge in natural disasters over the past 50 years disproportionately impacting poorer countries, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) said on Wednesday.