Hurricanes
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and/or squalls. Depending on its location and strength, a tropical cyclone is referred to by different names, including hurricane (), typhoon (), tropical storm, cyclonic storm, tropical depression, or simply cyclone. A hurricane is a tropical cyclone that occurs in the Atlantic Ocean and northeastern Pacific Ocean, and a typhoon occurs in the northwestern Pacific Ocean; in the south Pacific or Indian Ocean, comparable storms are referred to simply …
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EU: European Union · 2 May 2024 English
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was established right from the beginning of the European integration process and has been in place since 1962 with a set of objectives defined in …
French Guiana does not suffer from tropical hurricanes (EC, 2022). Key agricultural activities are …
EU: European Union · 2 May 2024 English
The aim of this report is to investigate the potential for harnessing key features of Transformative Innovation to improve the design and the implementation of Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) strategies …
waterlogging, landslides, heat waves, droughts, hurricanes, landslides, etc.) resulting from climate change …
World Bank Group · 2 May 2024 English
Education can be the key to ending poverty in a livable planet, but governments must act now to protect it. Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme …
also compro- mised by climate shocks. Droughts, hurricanes, and wildfires can also have negative impacts …
World Bank Group · 30 April 2024 English
Education can be the key to ending poverty in a livable planet, but governments must act now to protect it. Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme …
also compro- mised by climate shocks. Droughts, hurricanes, and wildfires can also have negative impacts …
Urban Institute · 30 April 2024 English
As the disparities in health and life expectancy between American Indian and Alaska Native peoples and other US populations continue to widen, it is critical for researchers and policymakers to …
manifesting as intensified heat waves, wildfires, hurricanes, and the dwindling availability of traditional …
World Bank Group · 29 April 2024 English
Saint Lucia faces various climate-related threats to its development. GFDRR is addressing these threats via efforts to enhance technologies and support knowledge-sharing activities that benefit stakeholders and communities across the …
progress. These climate-related perils, including hurricanes, floods, landslides, droughts, and rising sea …
World Bank Group · 29 April 2024 English
The Dominican Republic (DR) is vulnerable to climate change and has a high rate of natural degradation. The DR shows evidence of significant human mobility flows of (i) internal migration, …
include not only rapid-onset events, such as hurricanes and floods, but also slow-onset processes, such … caused by natural hazards (e.g., earthquakes and hurricanes). While extreme weather events and disasters … the effects of extreme natural events (e.g., hurricanes, earthquakes), slow-onset impacts of climate …
World Bank Group · 29 April 2024 English
With the support of the Canada-Caribbean Resilience Facility (CRF)and the Caribbean Regional Resilience Building Facility (CRRBF), Grenada is making progress to ensure the climate resilience of critical infrastructure.
threats from climate change, such as more frequent hurricanes, rising sea levels, coastal erosion, and drought …
IMF: International Monetary Fund · 26 April 2024 English
This technical report discusses the findings and recommendations of the Climate Public Investment Management Assessment (PIMA) of Cabo Verde (CPV) undertaken in March 2023. Progress has been made in the …
including extreme events such as flashfloods and hurricanes, are a major source of capital asset deterioration—and …
UN: The United Nations · 24 April 2024 English
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the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and Hurricanes Eta and Iota. To improve conditions for the …