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Disaster Risk
What is the Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature?
As global temperatures continue to rise, extreme heat is becoming increasingly common around the world, posing significant risks to pu…
Pereira Marghidan, C. 5 min
Disaster Risk
The power of impact-based weather forecasting

Imagine you get this message:
"Tomorrow afternoon, there will be heavy wind gusts of 100 km/hour".
Now, imagine instead that you get this message:
"Due to strong winds expected tomorrow afternoon, there is an 80% chance of trees falling in neighbourhood A, which may cause travel disruptions from road X to Y. Expect delays in travel time up …
7 min
Disaster Risk
Coping with the most underestimated natural hazard
Earthquakes, hurricanes, landslides – these may be the first things that come to mind when thinking about natural hazards. What’s often underestimated is extreme heat – referred to as a ‘silent killer’. This becomes clear when interviewing passersby on the street in Ghent, Belgium.
Join us as PhD researcher Carolina Pereira Marghidan sheds light o…
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