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In the wake of its own extreme weather events, the city can put its unique business advantages to work by helping both the Earth and corporate bottom lines.
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The right flank of the US Republican Party is pushing ‘Project 2025’, a plan that would transfer unprecedented power to the presidency. Its goals include abolishing the Inflation Reduction Act and increasing extraction and usage of fossil fuels, undoing progress in fighting climate change.
Serious questions have been raised about Hong Kong’s emergency response and preparedness for storm and the extreme flooding that followed.
- Observatory predicts storm Koinu will become severe typhoon, possibly bringing strong winds and rain as it comes within 400km of city by Friday
- Winds at centre of storm expected to reach 155km/h, compared with 200km/h near eye of Super Typhoon Saola that wrought havoc on city last month
State Emergency Services Minister announced the start of an official bushfire danger period, with the ‘scorching’ heat lifting the risk for the week ahead, unusual for early October.
Governor Kathy Hochul warned of a ‘dangerous, life-threatening storm’, and local transit authorities urged residents to stay home if they could.
Eight children were among 13 people still missing after a sewage-polluted river swollen by heavy rains swept away homes in the Guatemalan capital. In Mexico, at least 7 people died and 9 were missing.
Readers discuss two factors that will increase rainfall intensity in the Pearl River Delta region and how the city can prepare, and heartwarming incidents during the recent rainstorm.
Mussel farmers say they’ve racked up ‘unfathomable’ losses from an intense plankton bloom off the country’s eastern coast that’s turning the sea a bright green and killing off marine life.
‘The number of journalists has become an impediment to rescuers’, a minister said, while scientists noted that climate change made the rains that triggered the flooding up to 50 times more likely.
Readers discuss how the city can minimise inconvenience and loss due to extreme weather, two steps that could hasten the internationalisation of the Chinese currency, and the Hong Kong government’s waste charging scheme.
The dams in question are the Jaza Dam – between the partly destroyed city of Derna and Benghazi – and the Qattara Dam near Benghazi.
The hottest summer ever recorded in Hong Kong coincided with higher temperatures elsewhere in Asia, as global climate change also sent the mercury rising in Europe and North America. Will next year be hotter?
The state’s lawsuit seeks finance from ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and BP to pay for recovery after devastating storms and fires, while the companies say climate policy should be debated in Congress, not court.
Amid conflicting reports on the number of dead in the flood, thousands of people are missing, while 891 buildings in the coastal city of Derna are said to be destroyed.
Readers discuss how the private sector can play a role in disaster management, and an example of excellent service during a rainstorm.
Authorities in Derna race to collect and bury the growing number of flood victims before bodies turn the Libyan coastal city into a massive contamination site.
A global effort to assist stricken Libya gathered pace after huge flash flood slammed into the Mediterranean coastal city of Derna on Sunday.
Readers discuss criticism of the government’s response to the impact of the recent rainstorm, what can be expected of risk management systems, the proliferation of illegal structures, and efforts to green public spaces.
The responses in both Morocco and Libya – one a stable nation, the other torn by war and ruled by rival governments – show the difficulty of separating humanitarian aid from political considerations.
From this year’s Greek wildfires to the 2010 Icelandic volcano eruption and 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, these eight natural disasters left their mark on tourists.
