Près d'un quart de la population mondiale est menacée par des inondations

L'étude, parue dans la revue scientifique Nature Communications, a croisé des données sur les risques d'inondations venant des rivières, des pluies et de la mer, et des données de la Banque mondiale sur la distribution de la population et la pauvreté.

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Extreme Weather Hits China With Massive Floods and Scorching Heat

June 23, 2022, 2:15 a.m. ETJune 23, 2022, 2:15 a.m. ETVideoWater levels in more than a hundred rivers across China have surged beyond flood warning levels, submerging homes, closing businesses and disrupting the lives of almost half a million people.CreditCredit...

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‘I’ve Never Seen a Flood Like This’: Bangladesh Reels From Heavy Rains

South Asia is used to downpours, and occasional floods, during monsoon season. But this year’s flooding has been extreme, especially in Bangladesh.

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Millions Displaced and Dozens Dead in Flooding in India and Bangladesh

Heavy rains have washed away towns, villages and infrastructure, as extreme weather events become more common in South Asia.

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Did Warming Play a Role in Deadly South African Floods? Yes, a Study Says.

Climate change sharply increased the chances of catastrophic rains in the country’s east, a team of researchers has found. The heavy rains that caused catastrophic flooding in South Africa in mid-April were made twice as likely to occur by climate change, scientists said Friday.

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Canicule, incendies, inondations: 2021, année de désastres climatiques en Europe

Depuis l'ère pré-industrielle, la planète a gagné entre 1,1 et 1,2°C, mais l'Europe se réchauffe plus vite avec une hausse moyenne de la température de +2°C, note le service européen sur le changement climatique Copernicus (C3S).

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‘This is an emergency’: Australia’s extreme weather crises spark anger at climate inaction

With recent months bringing record rain, record heat and a sixth mass bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia has experienced a troubling start to the year.

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‘Heartbreaking’: Australia’s east coast reels from worst floods in living memory

When Jenni Metcalfe returned to her Brisbane home to survey the damage as the nearby river peaked, water had already risen a metre up the back wall. There was nothing she could do. “I sat in the gutter and watched it and cried,” she said.

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«Uns reicht’s wir gehen.» Tausende Australier verlieren alles in katastrophalen Überschwemmungen

Entlang der australischen Ostküste stehen Tausende Häuser unter Wasser oder versinken in stinkendem Schlamm. Mindestens 21 Menschen sind bei den Überschwemmungen bereits ums Leben gekommen. Die Flutgebiete erstrecken sich über Hunderte von Kilometern.

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Starke Unwetter - Überschwemmungen in Australien nehmen katastrophales Ausmass an

Heftige Überschwemmungen im Osten von Australien führen laut australischem Premierminister zur «Krisensituation».

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Record Floods Stun Brazil’s Northeast, Killing at Least 20

In northeast Brazil, local officials say they have never before seen flooding on this scale. Tens of thousands were forced to flee their homes.

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Le bilan du typhon Rai, aux Philippines, s'alourdit à au moins 375 morts

La branche philippine de la Croix-Rouge a fait état d'un "carnage complet" au niveau des zones côtières après le passage du typhon. La tempête a arraché des toits, déraciné des arbres, renversé des poteaux électriques, démoli des maisons en bois et inondé des villages.

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Malaysia’s worst flooding in years leaves 30,000 people displaced

More than 30,000 people were evacuated from their homes in Malaysia on Sunday as the country battled some of its worst flooding in years. The tropical nation in Southeast Asia often sees stormy monsoon seasons towards the end of the year, with flooding regularly prompting mass evacuations.

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First Fires, Then Floods: Climate Extremes Batter Australia

WEE WAA, Australia — Two years ago, the fields outside Christina Southwell’s family home near the cotton capital of Australia looked like a dusty, brown desert as drought-fueled wildfires burned to the north and south.

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