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Oproep op sociale media groeit uit tot wereldwijde actiedag: "Extreme klimaatgebeurtenissen bedreigen onze kinderen"
Van Bangkok tot San Francisco via Brussel, tienduizenden mensen hebben zaterdag in talrijke steden over de wereld deelgenomen aan optochten om van regeringen te eisen dat ze eindelijk ernstig handelen tegen de ontregeling van het klimaat. Bijna duizend evenementen werden in een honderdtal landen georganiseerd in het kader van de oproep "Rise for climate". De oproep kwam van een toekomstige vader en werd via sociale media verspreid.

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Nu over welke extreme klimaat gebeurtenis hebben ze het feitelijk?

Bron WMO

WMO’s climate report makes special note of the effect of extreme weather on every continent, and an average global temperature that’s now 1°C above pre-industrial levels. “In 2018, most of the natural hazards which affected nearly 62 million people were associated with extreme weather and climate events,” the release notes. WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said,

“Extreme weather has continued in the early 2019, most recently with Tropical Cyclone Idai, which caused devastating floods and tragic loss of life in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. It may turn out to be one of the deadliest weather-related disasters to hit the southern hemisphere.”

https://electrek.co/2019/03/28/clima...warmest-years/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Idai

Intense Tropical Cyclone Idai is regarded as one of the worst tropical cyclones on record to affect Africa and the Southern Hemisphere as a whole. The long-lived storm caused catastrophic damage in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi, leaving more than 700 people dead and hundreds more are missing.[5]

In the Southern Hemisphere, it currently ranks as the second or third deadliest tropical cyclone on record, having a death toll comparable to that of the 1892 Mauritius cyclone, the 1903 French Polynesia cyclone, the 1927 Madagascar cyclone, and Cyclone Leon–Eline in 2000.[6][7]

Impact
Deaths and damage by country[nb 3]
Nation Fatalities Missing Injuries Affected Damage
(2019 USD)
Madagascar 1 2 0 1,100 N/A
Malawi 60 3 577 922,900 N/A
Mozambique 468[nb 4] N/A >1,611 1,850,000 N/A
Zimbabwe 261 >500 >200 250,000 N/A
Totals: 790 >500 >2,388 3,024,000 $1 billion

Idai caused severe flooding throughout Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe resulting in at least 790 deaths.[39] More than 3 million people experienced the direct effects of the cyclone, with hundreds of thousands in need of assistance.[40] Infrastructural damages from Idai across these countries were at least US$1 billion.[11]

Wslk ~ 1500 doden, ze tellen nog.
En de gevolgen op langdurige termijn zullen ook nog voor xxxx slachtoffers zorgen.

Het is (nog) niet in Europa.