No places left to hide from  extreme weather coming our way

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No places left to hide from  extreme weather coming our way

Cars move through flooded roads in the northern New Zealand city of Whangarei as Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle hit.

It is estimated that 3.3 million US adults were displaced from their homes in 2022 due to the severity of weather events such as hurricanes, floods, or fires. Of this total, nearly one in six residents never returned to their homes. 

The UK recorded an increase of 638 more deaths on July 19, 2022, due to the heat event when temperatures rose above 40C for the first time. And cyclone Gabrielle is now wreaking havoc across New Zealand as the worst storm recorded in a century. 

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