https://www.alojapan.com/1223515/4-stage-ashfall-response-plan-compiled-to-prepare-for-mt-fuji-eruption/ 4-stage ashfall response plan compiled to prepare for Mt. Fuji eruption #Japan #LatestArticles #MountFuji #MountFujiNews #MountFuji #news #TheMainichi #WeatherDisasters #富士山 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mount Fuji is seen from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter flying over Shizuoka Prefecture. (Mainichi)
 
 TOKYO (Kyodo) — A Japanese government panel compiled on Friday measures to be taken in the event of ashfall from a…

We have no concept of what the heat is capable of, soon - we will.

#HeatWave #ClimateChange #WeatherDisasters

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-weather-ranks-as-deadliest-in-the-country-21382777

Nice coverage in NPR today about how #Climate disasters in the US are more deadly and disruptive than we think. #ClimateChange fueled #WeatherDisasters in the US cause higher emergency room visits and have Higher Hospital Mortality rates.

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/29/1234671424/the-human-cost-of-climate-related-disasters-is-acutely-undercounted-new-study-sa

The study by Boston area researchers looks at changes to hospital use when there are rain and flooding related disasters. (They don’t count fire and heat disasters.)

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-02833-x

U.S. sets record for billion-dollar #weather and #ClimateDisasters in 2023 - CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-sets-record-for-billion-dollar-natural-disasters-climate-catastrophes-in-2023/# “U.S. has set a new record for the number of #WeatherDisasters in a year that cost $1 billion or more.

There have been 23 #ClimateCatastrophes and weather events costing at least $1 billion as of the end of August, breaking the record of 22 set in 2020, .. This year's disasters have so far cost more than $57.6 billion and killed 253 people.”