Report highlights deadliest weather events of the past 20 years with over 570,000 deaths

A new report from World Weather Attribution identifies the ten deadliest weather events from 2004 to 2024, which collectively caused over 570,000 deaths. The events include droughts, floods, and heatwaves, worsened by climate change. The deadliest event was the 2011 Somalian drought, resulting in 258,000 deaths. Other significant events include Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (2008) with 138,366 deaths and the European heatwaves in 2022 and 2023, which caused 53,542 and 37,129 deaths, respectively. Storm Daniel in 2023 was noted as the deadliest Mediterranean cyclone, killing 12,352 people, primarily in Libya. The report emphasizes the impact of human-caused climate change on these extreme weather events.