natural disaster
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The UN Is Building a Global Early Warning System for Extreme Weather
In hopes of protecting more people from climate change-fuelled disasters, the United Nations is working on a global system to warn populations who are in the path of a storm or about to be hit by a heatwave or drought. The UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) aims to build a system within the next five…
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The Devastating Effects Of A Supervolcano Eruption
Way back in 1816, Europe and North America suffered heavy rains, odd-coloured snow, famines, fogs and bitter cold during the summer. It wasn’t the apocalypse though — it was the result of a supervolcano eruption.