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By Megan RowlingBARCELONA, Jan 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - More powerful storms are battering people and economies harder, with the poor suffering...

480,000 people killed by extreme weather in last 20 years, analysis shows January 25, 2021 / 11:04 AM / AFP Natural disasters in 2020 Almost half a million people have died in natural disasters linked to extreme weather events in the last 20 years, according to a new assessment of the direct threat posed to humanity by climate change. The mortality burden of climate-related catastrophes such as storms, flooding and heatwaves is overwhelmingly borne by developing countries. At the start of the Climate Adaptation Summit, held virtually this year due to the pandemic, the think tank Germ...

news Hurricanes and extreme weather, made worse by climate change, hit poor countries hardest dw.com 25/01/2021 Gero Rueter Heavy rain and storms in 2019 were particularly painful in East Africa, Asia and South America, according to the latest Climate Risk Index. © AFP/K. Prinsloo Rains have flooded cities that were still being rebuilt a year after Cyclone Idai devastated Mozambique Violent storms caused more damage than any other type of extreme weather in 2019, according to a study published Monday by environmental organization Germanwatch. Made stronger by climate chan...

Researchers say rich nations not doing enough to help developing ones with deadly fallout from global warming.

Top 60 All-Time Greatest Blue Jays: #53 Marco Scutaro Share this story Marcos Scutaro | SS.2B | 2008-2009 My original idea was to skip anyone with less than 3 seasons with the team, but there was a notable exception that had to be on the list, and, well, Marco Scutaro was one of my favorites. So here we are. Marco was born October 30, 1975, in San Felipe, Venezuela. Cleveland signed him as an amateur free agent back in July of 1994. He was “the player to be named later” is a 7- player trade to the Brewers (a trade that featured Richie Sexson, Steve Woodard, and Bob Wickman and he was a s...