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Homebuyers are flocking to areas most exposed to extreme weather risk and pushing prices higher, JPMorgan says

Housing prices are actually rising in the areas most at risk of extreme weather because buyers have…

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Real estate values in Texas and Florida are being hit by violent weather as insurance costs spike

"Future climate-related risk will likely leave premium growth above its historic average," Capital …

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A hedge fund run by a Harvard physics grad delivered 20% returns in 2023 betting on extreme weather

John Seo leaned into trading catastrophe bonds to capitalize on volatile weather and inflation, a p…

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Extreme weather uprooted 43 million children within six years, with India second worst affected

According to the report, the Philippines had the most child displacements due to weather events dur…

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Monsoon arrives early in Kerala today amid heavy rains and flooding in the state!

Intense rains and a cloudburst event earlier this week, likely triggered by Cyclone Remal, had part…

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Extreme heat is already ruining summer travel and it's only going to get worse

It's only June, but life-threatening temperatures and extreme climate events have already soured so…

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Child marriage rates in countries like India are witnessing a spike due to climate change-worsened extreme weather

The commodification of daughters often reduces them to "burdens" to be sold off when the family is …

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Stock market winners and losers are already emerging from the next extreme weather cycle

Shifting weather patterns this year have sent insurance stocks climbing upwards and utilities and c…

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Extreme weather caused two million deaths, cost USD4 trillion over last 50 years

Over two million deaths and USD4.3 trillion in economic losses; that's the impact of a half-century…

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Climate change could cause millions of children to be born prematurely, suffer lifelong complications

Extreme temperatures also had other effects, distinguished by which end of the spectrum took its to…

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The summer of 2023 was hotter than any season since the Chola Empire 2000 years ago!

Using the age rings inside tree trunks, scientists were able to extract climatic data spanning the …

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Here's why the US has more extreme and catastrophic weather events than anywhere else in the world

In the second major storm in a week, tornadoes killed at least 29 people in the South and Midwest t…

Sarah Al-Arshani   


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Vegetable prices to remain high until June due to above-normal temperature

According to a report by CRISIL, this trend, driven by erratic weather patterns and climate change,…

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Photos show Dubai overwhelmed by torrential rain and may expose the downsides of trying to control the weather

The UAE's cloud seeding operations may have worsened flash floods that left roads turned into river…

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India in for brutal heatwave conditions from April to June; likely to have sizzling impact on Lok Sabha elections

There is a significant likelihood of heatwaves lasting 10-20 days, surpassing the typical duration …

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Texas farmers are getting hammered by volatile weather events, making it harder for many to make a living

Texas leads the US in extreme weather. Dale Murden, who grows citrus and raises cattle, faced a hur…

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Across the world, extreme weather events are fueling gender-based violence during and after disasters

The analysis found that gender-based violence — such as sexual assault, intimate partner violence, …

Paola Rosa-Aquino   


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Extreme weather events fuel gender-based violence, adding to socio-economic burden of climate change: Study

Building on the existing evidence, the study reemphasises that extreme weather conditions are a cat…

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2023 is officially the hottest year on record, thanks to climate change and El Niño

Perhaps one of the more concerning revelations was the fact that nearly half of 2023 had breached t…

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Heat waves are dominating summer, killing thousands, and fueling wildfires. The world needs to prepare for more.

Europe is suffering its third heat wave this summer, and it's not alone. The new norm is simultaneo…

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