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The 2019–20 Australian bushfire season named Black Summer

The fires reached their peak during the summer months, from December 2019 to February 2020.

The extent of Damage:

• By early 2020, the bushfires had ravaged vast areas of Australia,
• burning an estimated 18 million hectares (44.5 million acres),
• destroying over 3,000 homes,
• and killing at least 33 people.

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A tsunami is a series of powerful sea waves.

It typically caused by underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.

It leading to coastal flooding.

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People in England died in 1952 due to The Great Smog.

This severe air pollution event in London led to thousands of deaths from respiratory and cardiovascular problems.

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In the early period, the endemic known as the "Black Death" is the plague.

The plague is a pandemic disease that devastated Europe in the 14th century, killing an estimated 75 to 200 million people, approximately 30-60% of Europe's population.

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According the the United Nations World Metrological Organization (WMO), 2024 was the hottest year on record, with global temperatures reaching 1.55 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

This was the first time the global average temperature exceeded 1.5°C above the 1850-1900 average.

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Monkeypox virus, a zoonotic orthodox DNA virus related to the virus that causes smallpox,

was first described in humans in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Mpox can spread from person to person or occasionally from animal to people

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Health officials have confirmed the first case of monkeypox (mpox) in Islamabad, Pakistan, as of April 21. 

ND17-7-2023

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Massive Earthquake (زلزلہ)

Location: Turkiye/Syria

Magnitude: 7.8

Date: 6 February 2023

Casualties: over 50, 000

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Test between Bangladesh and Pakistan was washed out due to persistent rain in Dhaka due to the effects of cyclone Jawad in December 2021.

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On May 22, 1960, the most powerful earthquake in recorded history—magnitude 9.5—struck southern Chile.

The quake left about 2 million people homeless.

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Drought occurs when there is a prolonged absence of rainfall, causing the land to dry up.

It leads to water shortages, crop failure, and dry soil in the affected region.