Mass Displacements Due To Extreme Weather Events Set New Record of 7 Million During The First Half of 2019

Extreme weather events displaced a record seven million people out of their shelter during the first six months of 2019, The New York Times reported Thursday. 

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) disclosed the number based on governments’ data, data from UN humanitarian agencies and news accounts for publishing annual reports since 2003. In the first half of this year, the cyclones, floods, landslides, and other extreme weather events temporarily displaced more people ...