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Displaying 7 of about 7 results… derived from the Japanese words tsu (harbor) and nami (wave). Tsunamis are quite rare, but, as history has proven, … were out at sea fishing when the tsunami struck. Thus, the wave passed by under their boats and they stayed safe even as the same wave wreaked devastation on the shore. This example …
… a population of 25 million, buckled under 102°F (38.9°C) heat. Jacobabad and Nawabshah, home to nearly 500,000 people, … reliable access to energy are sweltering in the punishing heat with no reprieve. Rural and low-income districts broil … hours of 11 am to 4 pm. Excessive exposure to high heat combined with high humidity, which limits how much the …
… experience. As a result, prolonged droughts, intense heat waves, destructive wildfires, exceptional rainfall and … European and International level, like prolonged droughts, heat waves in terms of increasing trends in frequency, … and shorter cold seasons [1]. Figure 1. Intensive heat wave over Europe recorded in summer 2021 [2] According to …
… flooding, fluctuations in air temperature (extreme heat and cold), mudslides, sea-level rise and storm surges … as ‘compounding or compound hazards’), such as concurring heat waves and tropical cyclones (Matthews et al., 2019, p. … on Melekeok reef in the Palau Islands: An indicator of wave activity associated with tropical cyclones’. Marine …
… group of people were affected, different hazards – like a heat wave or a flood – would lead to different patterns of …
… in Cuiabá. 123 Int J Disaster Risk Sci Another hazard is heat waves (Pallotta 2018). The average temperature in Mato … Because glaucoma, eye pressure, goes up a lot with the heat (Orange Blossom, 36 years old, no sight woman). I cannot …
… over longer hurricane seasons,1 hotter and more frequent heat waves, an increase in storms that bring flooding rains, …