KEY POINTS Rapidly increasing urbanization, together with climate change-related hazards from increased frequency and severity of extreme weather events, requires urgent urban adaptation...
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Pathways to Adaptation and Resilience in East and North-East Asia - Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2022 for ESCAP Subregions
Summary Natural hazards have imposed a huge development burden in East and North-East Asia. The subregion was accounted for 29 per cent of all fatalities from disasters and 35 per cent of the people...
Extreme weather in China highlights climate change impacts and need for early warnings
Extreme weather – record-breaking heatwaves, severe drought, and deadly rainfall – have battered China since June. The summer of extremes – in China as in Europe – has underlined the importance of...
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2020 Global Natural Disaster Assessment Report
Executive Summary Compared to the average over the last 30 years (1990-2019), the occurrence and intensity of global natural disasters were generally at a lower level in 2020. Major natural disasters...
Climate Risk Country Profile - China
KEY MESSAGES The projected temperature increase in China due to climate change is expected to be above the global average. The highest emission pathway (RCP8.5) projects an increase of average...
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2019 Global Natural Disaster Assessment Report
This report systematically assessed the global natural disasters occurred in 2019 and over the last 30 years, and analyzed the ranking of China in Asia and worldwide, using Global Disaster Database...
Big relief funds as province sweats in severe drought
Source: Xinhua | 2019-07-05 20:25:29 | Editor: mingmei JINAN, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Authorities in east China's Shandong Province have allocated 90 million yuan (13 million U.S. dollars) in funds as the...
Heat wave brings high temperature to hit North China and the Yellow-Huai river basin
From June 3 to 5, there will be 35~40℃ high temperature in southern North China, the Yellow-Huaihe basin, southern Shaanxi and South Xinjiang Basin. The National Meteorological Center continues to...
China on orange alert for heat wave
Editor: Liangyu BEIJING, June 22 (Xinhua) -- China's meteorological authority renewed an orange alert Saturday evening as a heat wave is expected to sweep across many areas of the country. On Sunday,...
Funds allocated for drought relief in N China
BEIJING, July 13 (Xinhua) -- China's central government has allocated funds for drought relief in the north of the country as a heat wave continues to scorch many areas. A total of 145 million yuan...
China Focus: Heat wave to grip central, eastern China
BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- A heat wave will expand from northern China to central and eastern regions in the coming three days, the meteorological agency reported Tuesday. On Monday, much of...
Swathes of south China under water, heat strikes north
More rain is forecast in coming days BEIJING, July 3 (Reuters) - Torrential rain lashed parts of central and south China on Monday, with floods damaging crops, forcing hundreds of thousands from...
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Met depts. across the Taiwan Straits improve communication
On February 27, President of Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits Chen Deming and Chairman of Straits Exchange Foundation Lin Join-sane signed the Meteorological Cooperative Agreement...
China drought leaves 13 mln thirsty
BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- A drought that has parched China's southern regions since last month has left nearly 13 million people without easy access to drinking water, the Ministry of Civil...
Severe drought affects 2.98 mln in SW China
GUIYANG, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- A drought that has lingered since July has left more than 2.98 million people short of drinking water in southwest China's Guizhou Province, local authorities said...
Droughts linger in E China
HANGZHOU, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- A month-long heat wave is continuing to affect east China's Zhejiang Province, leaving 617,000 people short of drinking water, according to the provincial flood control...
China endures worst heat wave in half-decade
BEIJING, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- The sweltering summer of 2013 is going on record as the hottest summer in China since 1961. According to a Monday microblog post by the National Meteorological Center...
China Focus: Prolonged heat, floods complicate grain production
BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Extended scorching heat in China's central and eastern regions since July is imposing challenges on farming, while heavy rain in the north is further complicating grain...
Central China to see extreme heat
WUHAN, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Extremely hot weather is expected to hit central China's Hubei Province Thursday, local meteorological authorities said. The meteorological observatory of the provincial...
China allocates cash for artificial rain
BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- China has allocated 199 million yuan (32.1 million U.S. dollars) from the central budget to create artificial rain in an effort to ease drought, the Ministry of Finance...