At least four people have died and six have been injured in a series of wildfires in South Korea, as firefighters rushed to put out the fires amid dry, windy…
Natural Disasters
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Hundreds of thousands of people were forced to flee climate disasters last year, the United Nations said Wednesday, highlighting the urgent need for early warning systems covering the entire planet.…
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Hundreds of thousands of people remain without power in Australia after a cyclone brought wild weather to the east coast. Communities in southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales (NSW)…
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Environment
‘Natural disasters cause $310bn in economic losses in 2024’
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskIn a year set to be declared the hottest on record, natural disasters caused $310 billion in economic losses globally in 2024, as climate change increasingly takes its toll. The…
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Business
World Bank says 26 poorest countries in worst financial shape
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskThe world’s 26 poorest countries, home to 40% of the most poverty-stricken people, are more in debt than at any time since 2006 and increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters and…