Virus-hit Asian nations brace for double disasters as extreme weather looms
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation Countries from India to the Philippines, already struggling with the coronavirus pandemic, are likely to also battle weather-related crises, from heat waves to cyclones, in coming months, disaster experts warned Thursday. In India – currently under lockdown with more than 12,000 confirmed cases of the virus – the cyclone season starts […]
Sight-Seeing: Trusting Jesus in the COVID-19 storm
In an article first published by Religion News Service, GREG LAURIE, senior pastor of Harvest churches in California and Hawaii and the founder of the Harvest crusades, writes about meeting Jesus in the midst of frightening times…
Ten killed as storms ravage eastern Japan – NHK
Tokyo, JapanReuters The death toll from torrential rains that caused flooding and mudslides in Japan climbed to 10 on Saturday, with three others missing, public broadcaster NHK reported, just two weeks after the region was hit by a powerful typhoon. Landslides ripped through waterlogged areas in Chiba and Fukushima prefectures, in eastern and northeastern Japan, […]
Rising risk: Flood damage now a mental health threat in Britain
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation People in Britain whose homes are damaged by floods, storms or other wild weather are 50 per cent more likely to suffer mental health problems such as depression or anxiety – even if they do not have to move out temporarily, researchers said last week. That suggests disaster response may need to […]
60 million people affected by “extreme weather” in 2018, says UN
Extreme weather affected almost 60 million people in 2018, according to the UN, with at least 10,000 lives lost to disasters in the past year. Figures cited by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction show that floods killed some 2,859 people in 2018 and affected more than 35 million people, including more than 23 […]