The overlooked health impacts of extreme rainfall exposure in 30 East Asian cities

C He, H Kim, M Hashizume, W Lee, Y Honda… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Extreme rainfall, intensified by climate change, elevates the risk of infectious diseases. The
connection between extreme rainfall and common respiratory diseases remains unclear …

Association of exposure to extreme rainfall events with cause-specific mortality in North Carolina, US

K Chan, J Ban, Y Ma, K Chen - Environmental Research Letters, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Extreme rainfall events could influence human health. However, the associations between
extreme rainfall events and mortality remain rarely explored. Here, we conducted a time …

Association of extreme precipitation with hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction in Beijing, China: a time-series study

Y Chen, Z Chang, Y Zhao, Y Liu, J Fu, Y Liu… - Frontiers in Public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background In the context of global climate changes, increasing extreme weather events
have aroused great public concern. Limited evidence has focused on the association …

Global population exposed to extreme events in the 150 most populated cities of the world: implications for public health

L Li, C Jiang, R Murtugudde, XZ Liang… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Climate change driven increases in the frequency of extreme heat events (EHE) and
extreme precipitation events (EPE) are contributing to both infectious and non-infectious …

Extreme temperature and mortality: evidence from China

Z Yang, Q Wang, P Liu - International journal of biometeorology, 2019 - Springer
The frequency, intensity, and duration of extreme temperature events are expected to rise in
the future and increase the related health risks of human beings. Using a novel, nationwide …

Climate change related catastrophic rainfall events and non-communicable respiratory disease: a systematic review of the literature

AM Peirce, LM Espira, PS Larson - Climate, 2022 - mdpi.com
Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme precipitation events, the
impacts of which disproportionately impact urban populations. Pluvial flooding and flooding …

Projected urban exposure to extreme precipitation over South Asia

SK Mondal, Y Wang, J Zhai, B Su, S Jiang… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urbanization is one of the pivotal aspects of socioeconomic advancement which is critically
vulnerable to climatic extremes. Extreme precipitation and urbanization are largely …

Exposure of the US population to extreme precipitation risk has increased due to climate change

J Kim, J Porter, EJ Kearns - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
The magnitude and frequency of extreme precipitation events in the early twenty-first century
have already proven to be increasing at a rate more quickly than previously anticipated …

Cold waves and fine particulate matter in high-altitude Chinese cities: assessing their interactive impact on outpatient visits for respiratory disease

Z Ning, S He, X Liao, C Ma, J Wu - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Background Extreme weather events like heatwaves and fine particulate matter (PM2. 5)
have a synergistic effect on mortality, but research on the synergistic effect of cold waves …

Introduction: extreme weather events and human health: a global perspective

R Akhtar - Extreme Weather Events and Human Health …, 2020 - Springer
Flash floods, heatwave, coldwave, droughts, strong winds and storms, etc. are few examples
of extreme weather conditions. 2003 heatwaves in Western and Central Europe resulted in …