Climate Threat Global Challenges

Report: Aruba had 142 more days than normal

Climate change is a challenge to life on every continent on Earth, climate scientist Mariam Zachariah told Euronews, citing a recent study that found that around four billion people experienced at least 30 more days of extreme heat in the past year than the average for the period 1991-2020.

The Caribbean island nation of Aruba stands out the most out of 247 countries analyzed, with 187 days of extreme heat last year. According to the study, that number would have been 45 if it hadn't been for climate change.

In the report, the researchers warn that extreme heat leads to both illness and death.

“This study must be seen as another stark warning. Climate change is here, and it's killing,” says Friederike Otto at Imperial College London.

Four Billions Live with Increasingly Extreme Heat

Almost half the world's population, four billion people, experienced 30 more days of extreme heat in the past year compared to the year before. This is shown by a new report, according to Bloomberg.

Tropical countries were hit the hardest. Last year was the warmest on record with several periods of heat waves. Of the 247 countries and territories analyzed in the report, those closest to the equator were by far the warmest.

- Temperatures are not variable in tropical countries, which is a clear sign that they are being hit the hardest by climate change, says Claire Barnes, one of the researchers behind the study. 

88 people dead in flooding in Nigeria

At least 88 people have died after a flood submerged a market in the city of Mokwa in Nigeria, reports the AP.

Husseini Isah from the national rescue service states that even more are still at risk.

“The number continues to rise, but at the last count, the death toll was 88,” he said.

The flooding began after hours of torrential rain. Local media reported that a dam near the city had burst.