UN - Climate changes

1. From ruins to rebuilding: Three Jamaican mothers face the future after hurricane

   Three women in Jamaica whose lives were upended by the destructive force of a hurricane which battered the Caribbean island are looking to rebuild their future

2. Communities struggle to rebuild following Pakistan’s worst floods

   Extreme weather has battered Pakistan in recent months, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. Lives have been lost, livelihoods destroyed, and millions displaced.  

3. Deadly storms sweep South and Southeast Asia, leaving over 1,600 dead

   From Sri Lanka’s central highlands to Indonesia’s flood-swollen river basins, a wave of climate-fuelled cyclones and monsoon rains has unleashed one of the deadliest weather patterns south and southeast Asia has seen in years, killing more than 1,600 people, displacing hundreds of thousands and affecting millions.

4. Arab region pushed to limits by climate extremes as 2024 smashes heat records

   The Arab region is heating at nearly twice the global average, UN weather experts warned on Thursday, after 2024 saw unprecedented heat, destructive storms and worsening water scarcity impact some of the world’s most vulnerable communities.

5. Asia: Lives upended by cyclones, ‘extreme’ rainfall on the rise, warn UN agencies

   Across southeast Asia, record-breaking rains and flooding caused by back-to-back tropical storms have claimed hundreds of lives and brought devastation and displacement upon entire communities, UN agencies said on Tuesday.