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The death toll from severe flooding that hit the United Arab Emirates, Omanand other Gulf countries rose to almost 20 on Tuesday, with homes and businesses across the Gulf damaged by the heavy rains, and flights delayed or cancelled.  In Al Ain, an Emirati oasis city on the border with Oman, 254mm of rain was recorded in… Continue reading Floods across Gulf region kill 20 in huge downpour

Hundreds of people are missing as wildfires continue to raze homes in Chile’s Valparaíso region.
More than 120 people have been killed in the fires, which have burned down thousands of homes.
President Gabriel Boric said the blaze was “the worst catastrophe to hit the country since the earthquake of 27 February 2010”, in which more than 500 people died. (BBC News)

Following Storm Daniel and the collapse of two dams in Derna, 10,000 people have been declared missing by official aid agencies such as the Libyan Red Crescent, but a new, ominous higher estimate of 20,000 deaths came from the director of Al-Bayda Medical Center, Abdul Rahim Maziq. Corpses still litter the street, and drinkable water… Continue reading Libya floods September 2023

There have been 5,738 wild fires in Canada so far this year, which have burned 13.7 million hectares (33.9 million acres). At least four firefighters have died in Canada. The previous record wildfire season was in 1989, when 7.6 million hectares (18.8 million hectares) were torched. This year’s fires started in late April in the western… Continue reading Canada wild fires 2023

Maricopa County officials say there have been 180 heat-associated deaths this year, with an additional 330 remaining under investigation, according to a report released Wednesday. 31 Aug 2023. AZ Central.  In 2022, a record 425 people died of heat-related causes — death indirectly caused by heat — in Maricopa County. A decade ago, the county reported just 75… Continue reading Arizona heatwave deaths

In July, at least 105 individuals across Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi, were killed over a two-week period of intense rain and flooding, with thousands of others evacuated to relief camps.  Another period of intense torrential rain continued in August, and at least 71 more people were killed in Himachal Pradesh, while 10 others… Continue reading North India floods summer 2023

The number of people on the official list of those missing from the Maui wildfire stood at 385 on Friday, nearly unchanged  from a week earlier,  with the death toll standing at 114. CBS News 2 September 2023

Unprecedented floods that submerged huge swathes of Pakistan have killed nearly 1,500 people, as authorities said hundreds of thousands of people were still sleeping in the open air after the disaster. Reuters September 2023

Since 17 July 2023, multiple wildfires have started in Greece. They have resulted in at least 28 deaths and injured 75 people, with over 80 wildfires being recorded. Seventy-nine people were arrested for arson.

The death toll from severe rainstorms that have flooded parts of Greece, Turkey, and Bulgaria has risen to 14.