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There were 28 climate and weather disasters that cost at least $1bn in 2023, NOAA reported on Tuesday (NOAA) US wildfires in 2023 were roughly on par with the 10-year average, NOAA said, with more ...
This is an article of notable issues relating to the terrestrial environment of Earth in 2023.They relate to environmental events such as natural disasters, environmental sciences such as ecology and geoscience with a known relevance to contemporary influence of humanity on Earth, environmental law, conservation, environmentalism with major worldwide impact and environmental issues.
Those events were considered by climatologists to had been intensified by the effects of climate change and the 2023–2024 El Niño event. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] [ 40 ] The 2023 Rio Grande do Sul floods had already plagued the state in the month of September prior, a few months into the same El Niño event.
Prior to July 2023, multiple extreme rainfall events occurred in Chicago or the nearby suburbs of central Cook County at a frequency of about one to two times per decade. Notable events include flood-producing rainfall in October 1954 , July 1957, June 1967, June 1976, August 1987, July 1996, August 2001, September 2008 , July 2010, July 2011 ...
A man looks on from a squatter camp on the edge of the Jukskei river by Alexandra township after heavy rainfall, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe ...
In December 2023, an atmospheric river caused flooding in the Pacific Northwest. [1] Rainfall and temperature records were set in the U.S. state of Washington. [2] Two deaths have been attributed to this flood. [3] One person died in Portland. [4]
A new report by Christian Aid shows the uneven impact of extreme weather events across the world 2023 costliest climate disasters reveal ‘global postcode lottery’ Skip to main content
The 2023 Nagpur Flood was a flooding event that occurred in the city of Nagpur in the Indian State of Maharashtra on September 24, 2023. The flood caused deaths and economic destruction with several hundred people being evacuated in various parts of the city.