Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 17:26:50 +0000
Climate change is a factor in the increase in losses from fires, storms, and flooding, but it is not the only factor, some scientists argue.
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Every 2 seconds, climate change is forcing someone from their homes, according to data from Oxfam International. These climate-fueled disasters are the number one cause of internal displacement globally. More than 20 million people have lost their homes. This translates to one person every two seconds
Credit to Author: Samuel Gilbert| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:49:09 +0000
Residents say they’ve been ignored even as the struggle with contaminated water and worry about having children.
Read moreCredit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2019 03:40:44 +0000
Back in August 2018, the island of Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) was hit by a series of earthquakes that destroyed more than 32,000 houses, as reported by kompas.com.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2019 01:42:06 +0000
In the wake of “Usman” and the low pressure area that wreaked havoc on the country, Poe pushed the creation of the DDREM.
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Credit to Author: Cole Kazdin| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 14:02:42 +0000
After a year of record-breaking fires, the state is bracing for what comes next.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 07:15:26 +0000
Cordillera Binnadang, a philanthropic organization, raised over a million pesos for the education of 49 children who lost their parents to tragedies caused by Typhoon “Ompong” on September 15.
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“Please pay attention to the following typhoon-related information.” On the evening of Aug. 14, when the possibility of Typhoon No. 15 hitting the Kyushu region increased, the Kumamoto International Foundation sent the above message to registered foreigners using K-SAFE, a system that transmits disaster information in four languages, including English and Chinese.
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