Floods - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年1月30日 · Floods are the most frequent type of natural disaster and occur when an overflow of water submerges land that is usually dry. Floods are often caused by heavy …
Rising Waters, Rising Challenges-WHO's Response to Severe …
2024年11月4日 · In the third week of August 2024, heavy rainfall and upstream water releases caused significant flooding across multiple districts in Bangladesh, particularly affecting 11 …
Heavy rainfall is causing rivers to burst their banks, leaving huge ...
2024年9月18日 · Vast areas of central Europe are experiencing what is being called the worst flooding in more than 20 years, triggered by slow-moving Storm Boris. WHO/Europe has been …
WHO and partners respond to recent tropical storms, typhoons …
2025年1月12日 · In early September 2024, Typhoon Yagi impacted several countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region, leaving a trail of destruction with its …
The unseen toll of floods: Prioritizing mental well-being in Bosnia …
2024年10月18日 · Climate change is intensifying extreme weather globally and Bosnia and Herzegovina is reeling from some of the most severe flooding in a decade. Heavy rains …
Floods: How to protect your health
2020年1月29日 · The most common risks associated with flooding is the contamination of drinking-water facilities, and standing water, which can be a breeding site for mosquitoes, …
Flooded but not defeated: the residents of Budapest navigate ...
2024年9月24日 · One week it’s 35 degrees Celsius, the next there’s flooding – these are warning signs of the climate crisis we are facing.” Around the world, the building of settlements on flood …
Flooding in northern Italy and central Europe threatening the …
2023年5月22日 · Severe rainfall across northern Italy and central Europe, including parts of Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia, has caused numerous rivers to burst …
El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
2023年11月9日 · Key facts El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is one of the most important sources of annual global climate variability, second only to the earth–sun relationship that …
Pakistan crisis - World Health Organization (WHO)
2022年10月5日 · WHO is responding as Pakistan is affected by massive monsoon rainfall and unprecedented levels of flooding and landslides. Damage to health infrastructure, shortages of …