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Three southern African nations — Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe — declared drought as a national disaster between February and April, 2024.

A study titled “Diagnostic on Climate and Disaster Risk Management in Algeria” provides the country disaster and climate risk profile, estimates the macro-economic impacts of disasters, and evaluates Algeria’s current disaster risk management efforts.

Public education, improving warning systems & integrating disaster risk reduction into policy frameworks have been the focus.

The diagnostic is expected to improve risk informed decision-making and enable the Government of Angola to develop a comprehensive strategy for long term financial planning to manage climate and disaster risk.

As climate change progresses, many predictions of what will happen are based on climate, rather than weather, meaning that an atmospheric river-like event can totally upend expectations.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the northern parts of Oman were hit by exceptionally heavy rainfall causing massive disruption in infrastructure and public life in the area and leading to at least 20 fatalities in Oman and four in the UAE.

Many types of extreme weather are becoming more frequent or intense because of human-caused climate change. These events put stress on aging energy infrastructure and are among the leading causes of major power outages in the U.S.

The results, published in the journal Earth’s Future, suggest significant and widespread effects on air quality, climate, health, and economics under the most extreme wildfire scenarios.