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HURRICANE FATALITY STUDY
A 2014 study analyzed 62 years of US hurricanes and found female-named storms were nearly three times as deadly as male-named ones, possibly because people perceived them as less threatening and were less likely to take protective actionA study found feminine hurricane names correlated with higher death rates. Researchers suggest gender stereotypes unconsciously reduce perc...- Flesh-eating bacteria kills multiple persons across USA, hospitalizations surge. Symptoms, illness, treatment, how to preventVibrio bacteria thrive in seawater and in the mix of fresh and saltwater found in estuaries and lagoons. Most infections are reported from ...
- Big revelation in Texas tragedy: Was ‘flash flood’ warning system scrapped before 27 died at Camp Mystic?Texas flooding: After 80 people, including 27 girls and counselors at a summer camp, were killed in the devastating floods in Texas, it has...
- Phyllis Fong defied Donald Trump’s orders—Now she's been ousted. Did Elon Musk’s Neuralink play a role?Phyllis Fong, the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), was removed from her office after refusing to comply with...
- Storm surge massively helps juvenile tarpon and snook; Here’s how baby fishes surviveThe events which bring exceptionally high water levels, serve as a lifeline for the newborn fish.
- In 2017, India second worst in extreme weather deathsThe analysis shows that India had reported loss of over 73,000 human lives in past 20 years (1998-2017) due to extreme weather events.
- India among 5 economies worst hit by climate change: UN ReportWhat is more worrying for low income countries like India is the fact that economic losses from up to 87% of disasters are not reported.
- Global warming inflicts $1.5 trillion loss on middle-class in 1980-2014: UBSIn 2000, nearly half of the global population of six billion lived in cities and the UN expects this proportion to jump to 60 per cent by 2...
- Education makes people less vulnerable to natural calamitiesEducation makes people less vulnerable to natural disasters such as floods, landslides and storms that are expected to intensify with clima...
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