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The new rule will result in higher-elevated and better-fortified buildings, and could help break a cycle of destruction and reconstruction that has cost the government billions of dollars over the past few decades.

Princeville, North Carolina, the oldest community in the United States founded by formerly enslaved people, has been trapped in a cycle of disaster and disinvestment for decades. It sits on a plain below the banks of the Tar River.

In the USA, more than 160 million people in the West, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and parts of New England are living under a heat alert as record high temperatures are being broken.

There's mounting evidence that heat is detrimental for pregnant women and their unborn babies. What can be done to protect them?

More than half of the global population and about 80% of the U.S. population lives in cities - and faces higher heat risks. The entire planet is warming due to human-caused climate change, but the built environment further amplifies.

The researchers have developed models that enable precise and detailed measurements and predictions with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) – for example on the frequency of thermal stress, but also on the effects of changes in planning.

Up to 60% of the over 1.2 billion population in Africa is not protected by early warning systems. Improvements in risk modelling and disaster preparedness have significant implications for strengthening climate resilience in Africa.

The floods in Assam have grown more severe and frequent in recent years, causing damage to lives and livelihoods. This year's floods have affected over 2.5 million people across 30 districts, with major rivers flowing above danger levels.

While the tragic deaths came to be the focus of much of the media coverage, there were many other dimensions of Hajj 2024. But, of late, the Saudi government’s management of this gathering has been criticized.

Less than a month into summer 2024, the vast majority of the U.S. population has already experienced an extreme heat wave. Millions of people were under heat warnings across the western U.S. in early July or sweating through humid heat in the East.