Sunday, 22 December 2024
Sunday, 22 December 2024
Heatwave in India: Smoke billows from a field which caught fire on a hot summer day during a heatwave in New Delhi, India, June 3, 2024. With Ninety-nine suspected heatstroke deaths in Odisha, 33 poll personnel dead in Uttar Pradesh during the seventh and final phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and severe water shortage in some parts of the national capital Delhi - India is currently enduring a devastating heatwave.
Cyclone in India and Bangladesh: Girls row a makeshift raft to reach a safer place after heavy rains caused by Cyclone Remal in Imphal, Manipur, India, May 29, 2024. Cyclone Remal made landfall between Sagar Island in West Bengal and Bangladesh’s Khepupara on the night of May 26. While Bengal’s coastal areas did take a knock, the cyclone left a bigger trail of devastation in the states of the North East.
Cyclone in India and Bangladesh: A man carries his child through a flooded area to a safer place after heavy rains caused by Cyclone Remal in Imphal, Manipur, India, May 29, 2024. At least 58 persons were killed across Mizoram, Manipur, Assam, Nagaland and Meghalaya as rain triggered by the cyclone led to floods, landslides, and widespread damage to homes.
Floods in Brazil: A drone view shows vehicles partially underwater in a courtyard of the State Traffic Department during floods in Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, May 13, 2024. Record-breaking floods in southern Brazil, the result of weather patterns intensified by climate change, have only started to recede after displacing half a million people in the state of Rio Grande do Sul and killing more than 160.
Tornado in US: Wreckage is left behind the day after a deadly tornado struck Greenfield, Iowa, U.S. May 22, 2024 in a drone photograph. A powerful tornado ripped through a small Iowa town. killing multiple people and leaving at least a dozen injured, Reuters reported quoting authorities. At least a dozen people in Greenfield, a town of about 2,000 people, were injured in the twister.
Landslide in Papua New Guinea: A man looks at the site of a landslide in Yambali village, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, May 27, 2024. A massive landslide swept through a remote area of northern Papua New Guinea early on May 24, burying a village in a remote part of the country difficult to reach for aid workers and heavy excavation equipment. The government said 2,000 people had been buried alive, but a U.N. estimate later that day put the death toll at around 670, reports Reuters.
Floods in Sri Lanka: Two elephants stand with their owner as people walk through a flooded road in Biyagama, Sri Lanka June 3, 2024. At least 15 people were killed and more than 19,000 others from over 5,000 families were marooned over the weekend as severe monsoonal rainfall inflicted widespread devastation in Sri Lanka, PTI reported quoting authorities.
Hailstorm in Mexico: A collapsed tree is seen in the middle of a street full of thick ice following a hailstorm amid heat wave, in Puebla, Mexico May 24, 2024. A surprise hailstorm hit the Mexican city of Puebla, covering the streets with thick sheets of ice amid scorching temperatures.
Floods in Germany: A general view taken with a drone shows the flood-affected area at the Paar river following heavy rainfalls in Gotteshofen near Ingolstadt, Germany, June 2, 2024. The southern states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg have been inundated, causing dam bursts and prompting dramatic rescues, DW reported. A firefighter died while trying to rescue trapped residents and several thousand people were forced to leave their homes as heavy rain caused flooding in southern Germany.
