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Colombia battles wildfires across the nation, with President declaring them a natural disaster amidst El Niño's heat + drought. With 204 fires this month and 25 still raging, nearly $508M allocated for El Niño effects is being quickly depleted. Over 952 municipalities on alert.2024South AmericaColombiaAir-borne and respiratory illnessesInjury and mortality from extreme weather events1
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By 2050, climate change is likely to cause an additional 14.5 million deaths and $12.5 trillion in economic losses worldwide.
By 2050, climate change is likely to cause an additional 14.5 million deaths and $12.5 trillion in economic losses worldwide, according to a n ...
2024The Americas (all subregions)All countriesGeneralAir-borne and respiratory illnessesHeat-related illnessInjury and mortality from extreme weather eventsMalnutrition and food-borne diseases1 -
In 2023, smoke from wildfires in Canada spread across North America, affecting millions with hazardous air quality.
"The average person in the U.S. has breathed in more harmful wildfire smoke in 2023 than in any year since 2006. This year is part of a trend ...
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2023 Canadian wildfires force over 50% of people in Northwest Territories to evacuate.
In British Columbia, multiple out-of-control wildfires encroached on major cities in the Greater Kelowna area, including Kelo ...
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Children born in the Americas in 2020 will experience 1.3x more wildfires, 1.8x more river floods, 2x more droughts, 2.5x more crop failure, and 4.5x more heat waves compared to someone born in 1960.2021The Americas (all subregions)All countriesAir-borne and respiratory illnessesHeat-related illnessInjury and mortality from extreme weather eventsMalnutrition and food-borne diseasesWater-borne diseases and other water-related health outcomes2
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