Disease and hunger soar in Latin America after floods and drought, study finds
by Jonathan Watts from Environment | The Guardian on (#6MNB5)
Climate chaos is threatening food production, trade and lives, says World Meteorological Organization
Hunger and disease are rising in Latin America after a year of record heat, floods and drought, a report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has shown.
The continent, which is trapped between the freakishly hot Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, probably suffered tens of thousands of climate-related deaths in 2023, at least $21bn (17bn) of economic damage and the greatest calorific loss" of any region, the study found.
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