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There have been 5,738 wild fires in Canada so far this year, which have burned 13.7 million hectares (33.9 million acres). At least four firefighters have died in Canada. The previous record wildfire season was in 1989, when 7.6 million hectares (18.8 million hectares) were torched. This year’s fires started in late April in the western… Continue reading Canada wild fires 2023

Maricopa County officials say there have been 180 heat-associated deaths this year, with an additional 330 remaining under investigation, according to a report released Wednesday. 31 Aug 2023. AZ Central.  In 2022, a record 425 people died of heat-related causes — death indirectly caused by heat — in Maricopa County. A decade ago, the county reported just 75… Continue reading Arizona heatwave deaths

In July, at least 105 individuals across Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi, were killed over a two-week period of intense rain and flooding, with thousands of others evacuated to relief camps.  Another period of intense torrential rain continued in August, and at least 71 more people were killed in Himachal Pradesh, while 10 others… Continue reading North India floods summer 2023

The number of people on the official list of those missing from the Maui wildfire stood at 385 on Friday, nearly unchanged  from a week earlier,  with the death toll standing at 114. CBS News 2 September 2023

Unprecedented floods that submerged huge swathes of Pakistan have killed nearly 1,500 people, as authorities said hundreds of thousands of people were still sleeping in the open air after the disaster. Reuters September 2023

Since 17 July 2023, multiple wildfires have started in Greece. They have resulted in at least 28 deaths and injured 75 people, with over 80 wildfires being recorded. Seventy-nine people were arrested for arson.

The death toll from severe rainstorms that have flooded parts of Greece, Turkey, and Bulgaria has risen to 14.

More than 33 million people were impacted by floods in Pakistan in the summer of 2022, 90 districts hit, and an estimated 8 million people were displaced. As of 18 November 2022, the Pakistan National Disaster Management Authority reported that over 1,700 people had lost their lives and at least 12,867 people were injured. Red… Continue reading Pakistan floods 2022

Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which actively tracks daily and weekly heat-related illnesses, shows that 1,714 US deaths in 2022 were due to “heat-related” causes. USA Facts, 23 August 2023

More than 40 people died in Algeria, Italy and Greece and thousands were evacuated as Mediterranean wildfires threatened villages and holiday resorts. Most of the deaths were in Algeria. BBC, 26 July 2023