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Why is extreme weather causing fewer deaths?

Extreme weather events frequently hit the headlines for the severe damage they cause, but the death tolls that result from them have plummeted in recent years.

The Week

Extreme weather caused 2 million deaths, $4 trillion in losses in last 50 years, UN says

NEW YORK — Extreme weather has caused 2 million deaths and more than $4 trillion in damages over the last 50 years, according to a United Nations report.

Tribune News Service

Two million people dead from extreme weather since 1970, major report finds

Research by the World Meteorological Organisation found economic damages from events like floods, storms and wildfires totalled £3.5trillion since 1970.

Daily Record

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Why the 1.5C threshold matters to our climate

The probability of the world exceeding the 1.5C climate change target within the next five years has risen to 66%, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

The Week

UN agency: 2M killed, $4.3 trillion in damages from extreme weather over past half-century

The U.N. weather agency reported Monday that nearly 12,000 extreme weather, climate and water-related events over much of the past half-century around the globe have killed more than 2 million people and caused economic damage of $4.3 trillion

The Independent UK

Climate change causes 2m deaths in 50 years; poor suffer most: UN

More than 90 percent of deaths caused by disasters worldwide happen in developing countries, UN report finds.

Al Jazeera

Explained | Global warming will likely soon cross 1.5º C. What will it mean for India?

Global warming is linearly proportional to the amount of carbon dioxide that has been accumulated since the Industrial Revolution. Given the estimated emissions for 2023-2027, the WMO prediction indicates continued cooling over India, with excess rainfall in both summer and winter seasons.

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Where is the coldest place on Earth?

There are some bone-chilling places on Earth, but what is the lowest temperature ever recorded and where was it?

LiveScience

Global warming will likely cross dangerous 1.5 C threshold within 5 years, UN report warns

The U.N. weather agency has warned that El Niño and human-caused climate change will likely push temperatures into "uncharted territory."

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El Niño is likely returning, bringing danger for California and the world. ‘We need to be prepared’

LOS ANGELES — It’s Earth’s original disrupter — a recurring climate pattern so powerful that it can drive global average temperature to record highs, and generate both cliff-crumbling storms and crop-destroying droughts across the planet.

Los Angeles Times

Warming warning: On the World Meteorological Organization projections for temperature trends

India will be severely tested due to changes in the global climate

The Hindu

1.5-degree warming is all but here. Here’s how businesses can react

Global temperatures are likely to surge to record levels in the next five years, leading companies to get proactive on their climate policies.

Fortune

What is the 1.5°C climate target and why does it matter? Top UK experts say world will miss limit

Coral reefs could vanish if the world keeps hotting up

Evening Standard

Global warming will likely cross dangerous 1.5 C threshold within 5 years, UN report warns

The U.N. weather agency has warned that El Niño and human-caused climate change will likely push temperatures into "uncharted territory."

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Daily Mirror

Three areas in Europe are set for blistering heatwaves - and two are in the UK

A report out today from the University of Oxford's Department of Physics indicates extreme heatwaves - like the UK saw last summer - are likely to become a regular occurrence due to climate change

Daily Record

Global warming hurtling towards key 1.5C limit 'in next few years', scientists warn

The landmark study also warned there is a 98 per cent the planet will record its hottest year ever between now and 2027.

Evening Standard

What are El Niño and La Niña? Heatwave continues but UK could be set for an icy blast

The summer temperatures will continue around the country this week, but could the ‘beast from the east’ be lurking?

Axios

World likely to see hottest year on record in next 5 years, UN warns

The World Meteorological Organization cites the likely occurrence of El Niño as one reason for the high odds, because it would boost already elevated global average surface temperatures.

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Radio France Internationale

Global warming likely to breach 1.5C for first time 'within next five years'

The global temperature is set to break the critical temperature limit of 1.5C within the next five years, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has warned.

Evening Standard

Global warming set to break key 1.5°C limit by 2027

World likely to break key temperature limit for the first time over the next few years, scientists predict

Al Jazeera

Global warming likely to breach 1.5C threshold for first time

World Meteorological Organization raises alarm, saying at least one of the next five years will be hottest on record.

ABC News

UN report says there's a 98 per cent chance one of the next five years will be the hottest ever

Global temperatures are set to break records in the next five years, with a 98 per cent chance one will be the warmest ever recorded, according to a new report from the UN's meteorological agency.

Wales Online

Global temperature 'more likely than not' to hit 1.5C warming in next five years

World leaders agreed to keep the average rise to 1.5C by the end of the century in the Paris Agreement

Reuters

'More likely than not' world will soon see 1.5C of warming - WMO

For the first time ever, global temperatures are now more likely than not to breach 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming within the next five years, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday.

Daily Mirror

Warmest year on record for entire world is looming, scientists warn

The new World Meteorological Organization report, produced recently by the Met Office, cites "new temperature records" are expected to be hit within the next five years

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