Storms
A storm is any disturbed state of an environment or in an astronomical body's atmosphere especially affecting its surface, and strongly implying severe weather. It may be marked by significant disruptions to normal conditions such as strong wind, tornadoes, hail, thunder and lightning (a thunderstorm), heavy precipitation (snowstorm, rainstorm), heavy freezing rain (ice storm), strong winds (tropical cyclone, windstorm), or wind transporting some substance through the atmosphere as in a dust storm, blizzard, sandstorm, etc. Storms have the potential to harm lives and property via storm surge, heavy rain or snow causing flooding or road impassibility, lightning, wildfires, and vertical …
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World Bank Group · 6 May 2024 English
affected by impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves, etc.) taking into account …
ACAPS · 26 April 2024 English
The areas The pervasiveness of needs and protracted nature of the crisis have spawned repeated cycles selected for the studies are based on the location of the humanitarian hubs established …
risks, including extreme heat and sand and dust storms, market and services, including education, because … that girls had a harder time 14 said sand and dust storms, and 10 said flooding. These findings were echoed … while boys are generally enrolled until and dust storms, including lost income because of work interruptions … Ma’rib, specifically intense heat and sand and dust storms. That said, respondents offered limited information …
ISET-International · 26 April 2024 English
To assess the quantitative impact of this success, the Mexican Red Cross identified the number of registered brigades at the time of reporting. [...] ISET-Vietnam through the Alliance, covered the …
and coastal inundation, which is exacerbated by storms, high-tide, and non-climatic factors like land …
ADB: Asian Development Bank · 25 April 2024 English
This brief shows how mainstreaming blue finance hinges on developing a solid regulatory framework that drives investment toward bankable marine-based projects and analyzes how to expand the sector in the …
currents. The rising ocean temperature also creates storms and droughts of unprecedented intensity, melting …
World Bank Group · 24 April 2024 English
This report presents our assessment of the relative importance of theseveral pollution problems and other man-induced chemical changes in theMediterranean Sea. It also presents an assessment of the relative importanceof …
rates of evaporation during the severe winter storms that occur in the northwest Mediterranean, results … but in the northwest Mediterranean severe winter storms cause high surface evaporation, which increases …
Amnesty International · 24 April 2024 English
Speaking ahead of the inaugural board meeting of the new international Loss and Damage Fund for climate change next week, Amnesty International’s Climate Advisor Ann Harrison said: “Amnesty International and …
DONATE NOW A building and boats damaged by recent storms in Gwadar, Pakistan © AFP via Getty Images Ann …
GFI: Green Finance Institute · 24 April 2024 English
The objective of this project was to assess the materiality of nature-related risks to the UK financial sector both in the near-term and the longer-term. At least half of global …
filtration • Soil quality • Hazard protection from storms and flodds • Habitat, species and biodiversity …
IMF: International Monetary Fund · 24 April 2024 English
Kazakhstan is vulnerable to transition risk due to the importance of its energy- and emissions-intensive sectors. Domestic and global climate policies would negatively affect Kazakhstan’s economy, its firms, industries, and …
increase) and acute (e.g., floods, droughts, and storms). Shifts in climate patterns can cause damages …
World Bank Group · 22 April 2024 English
Land institutions and policies will be critical to help African countries respond to the challenges of climate change, urban expansion, structural transformation, and gender equality. Together, they affect urban dwellers’ …
Higher frequency of extreme weather events such as storms or floods already affects many African cities …
Community Foundation of Tyne & Wear, and Northumberland · 22 April 2024 English
Of course, this report is and extent of diseases affecting humans, concerned primarily with North East England animals and plants.iii And alongside this came and the role of philanthropy here, …
immediate are curbed. The heatwaves, droughts, storms, local issues – from clearing the undergrowth wildfires … [least developed countries](despite being hit and storms threatening food security and by 18% of disasters … rural areas. Interestingly, it was also impact of storms, heavy rainfall or extreme reported that a large … addressing issues that underpin current (e.g. heatwaves, storms and riverside/coastal vulnerabilities. flooding) …