100-Year Storms Now Expected at Least Once a Decade in Bangladesh, Study Finds

100-Year Storms Now Expected at Least Once a Decade in Bangladesh, Study Finds

What once were hundred-year extreme storms in Bangladesh could now strike the country once a decade or more due to climate change, a recent study from MIT shows. Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated places on Earth, with more than 170 million people living in an area about the size of New York state. Much of the country is made up by the huge, low-lying Ganges Delta, making it especially susceptible to flooding and extreme weather fro…

Flood-Linked Hospitalization Risks: Multi-Country Study

Flooding is a global challenge with profound consequences that extend far beyond the immediate destruction of homes and infrastructure. Recent comprehensive research has unveiled a pressing dimension of this natural disaster: its direct correlation with increased hospitalization risks. A groundbreaking multi-country study led by Yang, Huang, McKenzie, and colleagues, soon to be published in Nature Water, provides unprecedented insight into the c…