Are countries prepared to cope with extreme weather?
Severe weather conditions are likely to get worse due to climate change.

Severe weather conditions are likely to get worse due to climate change.









About 130,000 people have been evacuated from the Guangxi region while thousands of rescuers have been deployed.

At least seven children and a teacher were killed after a landslide hit a girls’ school at a refugee camp in Bangladesh.
The country has been hit by damaging thunderstorms, leaving at least 275 people injured.
As people living in low-income areas are unable to escape the heat, analysts decry the government’s response.
Local authorities on Rota, part of the Northern Mariana Islands, say they have received reports of ‘major damages’.
The storm system is expected to reach landfall on Monday morning.

Firefighters race to contain flames in northeastern Spain
From Washington to LA, how plans to mark the United States’ 250th anniversary could be disrupted by extreme heat.
The Aspen Acres Fire, one of about 40 wildfires burning across western US, has destroyed homes and forced evacuations.
The celebrity couple’s nuptials, dubbed ‘America’s royal wedding’, light up New York with excitement and speculation.