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In 2020, the World Food Programme and the Burundi Red Cross launched a new partnership-based project to develop anticipatory actions for various hazards, including floods caused by extreme rainfall and drought.

A recent study led by Koll on future projections for the Indian Ocean, published in Science Direct, projects marine heatwaves as increasing from 20 days per year (during 1970–2000) to as much as 250 days per year.

Officials in Indonesia have begun cloud seeding as they try to prevent further rain and flash flooding after a deluge hit the country's Sumatra Island over the weekend and left at least 67 people dead and another 20 missing.

Mindanao, the second-largest island in the Philippines, is known for its high seismic activity, having experienced numerous moderate to major earthquakes throughout its history.

In Rio Grande do Sul - an area larger than the UK - is currently affected by unprecedented floods. The flying river has acted like a firehose, fuelling five months of rainfall in just two weeks.

As South and Southeast Asian countries sweltered in extraordinary heat this year, new data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) says that April 2024 is the hottest April on record.

Wildfires in western and central Canada spread rapidly this week, forcing thousands of people to evacuate, with smoke sweeping into the Midwest and triggering air quality alerts in several states, a reminder of last year’s smoky conditions.

SEI has been working with local partners to improve early warning systems on the Thailand-Myanmar border, and to build resilience to drought and climate change.