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Australia's worst disasters by 
Australia's natural disasters by 
Natural hazards by So, what's the difference between "weather" and "severe weather"? Is it just how hard the wind is blowing? Is it just thunder and lightning? Well, it can be some or all of those things. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks to us about what makes severe weather and how it interacts with the geosphere and biosphere.
Weather-related disasters are exponentially increasing. In fact, two-thirds of Europe could be affected by an extreme weather event by 2100, according to a study published in the Lancet Planetary Health journal on 4 August. In the 72 hours since, this year's world's strongest storm , Typhoon Noru pounded Central Japan, causing more than 400 flights to get cancelled.Landslides crippled Northern Italy and Southwest China following extended heatwaves Meanwhile, wildfires raged in Western Greenland, an occurrence so rare that The European Union Earth Observation Programme has no data on similar activity in this region. \"At this time, this appears to be unprecedented.\"
What's the difference between a hurricane, a typhoon, and a cyclone? Storm Shield Meteorologist Jason Meyers explains. They're all just different names for the same thing. In the Atlantic Ocean and the Northeast Pacific - basically the waters surrounding the United States - we call them hurricanes. In the Northwest Pacific near Asia - it's a typhoon.
In the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean, it's called a cyclone. The only difference between any of these storms is the direction they spin. Storms in the northern hemisphere spin counter-clockwise, and they spin clockwise in the southern hemisphere. All of these storms use the same ingredients to form - a weather disturbance, warm tropical oceans, moisture, and relatively light winds.
If the right conditions last, we can end up with a violent storm with damaging winds at least 74 mph, huge waves, incredible amounts of rain, and flooding.
ICHARM stands for the International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management under the auspices of UNESCO. The phrase "under the auspices of UNESCO" tells you that ICHARM works closely with UNESCO. ICHARM reads "I" as in you and I and "CHARM" as in a lucky charm.