Plus a powerful typhoon lashes Japan and cheetahs return to India.
Tag: Disasters and Emergencies
Where the New Climate Law Means More Drilling, Not Less
A compromise built into the law ensures oil and gas leasing in the Gulf of Mexico for the next decade. Activists say the region has been “sacrificed” to fossil fuels.
Climate Change Could Worsen Supply Chain Turmoil
A drought that has crippled economic activity in southwestern China hints at the kind of disruption that climate change could wreak on global supply chains.
‘I Have Nothing Left’: Flooding Adds to Afghanistan’s Crises
Widespread flash floods have left more than 40 dead and 100 others injured in recent days, battering a country already reeling from an economic crisis, terrorist attacks and other natural disasters.
‘We Couldn’t Do Anything’: Family Drowns in Seoul Basement During Floods
Hundreds of thousands of poor people live in semi-underground homes around the city. The death of a family of three showed how vulnerable they are to flooding.
How Is Climate Change Affecting Floods?
Like other extreme weather disasters, flooding involves a number of competing factors that may affect its frequency and intensity.
Your Monday Briefing
Russia looks to Africa.
W.H.O. Declares Monkeypox Spread a Global Health Emergency
There have been more than 16,000 cases in 75 countries, overwhelmingly among men who have sex with men.
How the Government Is Failing Americans Uprooted by Natural Disaster
Climate change is creating a growing class of displaced Americans, and the federal government is struggling to decide how to help them.
In Remote Afghanistan, Scenes From a Deadly Earthquake
Officials said hopes of finding additional survivors were fading as they worked to bring aid to the injured in Paktika Province.