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15 Jul, 9 tweets, 5 min read
1/ All around the world, millions of people are on the move - because of climate change 🌊🌡☀🌧

Follow this thread to find out how the warming planet is forcing people to flee their homes to escape weather disasters 👇

#DailyClimateShow
2/ In 2020, more than 1,770 weather-related events led to more than 30 million displacements around the world.

Nearly two-thirds of disasters last year were in China, Bangladesh, India, the Philippines and the United States

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3/ 🇵🇭 Typhoon Vamco hit the Philippines in November, resulting in 1.6 million displacements.

A few weeks earlier, another category 5 storm led to 1.3 million displacements

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4/ 🇨🇳 The Chinese rainy season, said to have caused the worst flooding in more than 20 years between May and July, triggered 3.7 million displacements.

Cyclones, typhoons and landslides increased that number to more than five million

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5/ Weather-related disasters in 🇮🇳 India and 🇧🇩Bangladesh led to 8.3 million displacements, the third highest figure since 2012

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6/ More than a million displacements were triggered by wildfires in the 🇺🇸 US.

A total of 1.7 million displacements occurred when the figure includes floods, hurricanes and extreme storms

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7/ In the US, 500 out of every 100,000 Americans were forced from their homes, at least temporarily, due to storm surges and wildfires.

It shows even wealthy countries are not spared the threat of displacement and migration due to climate change

Click to expand 👇
8/ The data shows weather events affect people in poorer countries more than those in wealthier ones.

Last year, an average of almost 20,000 displacements took place every time a severe weather event occurred in low income countries, compared with 4,000 in the wealthiest nations
9/ You can find out more about how climate change is forcing people to flee their homes on tonight's #DailyClimateShow at 6:30pm.

Catch up here 👇 trib.al/rVgCqZF

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16 Jul
1/ What's caused the catastrophic flooding in Germany and Belgium?

Follow this thread for the latest on the extreme weather across western Europe which has killed dozens and left hundreds more missing

#DailyClimateShow
2/ "Climate change has arrived in Germany" -
Germany's environment minister, Svenja Schulze

European leaders claim climate change is to blame for the extremity of the flooding

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3/ 'You'd think we'd be smart by now. We have flooding across Germany, we are going into a heatwave in the UK, and we've just seen record temperatures across North America - and this is the most polite climate change will be to us' -
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Photographer Eddie Keogh shares his personal highlights after six weeks bubbled up with the England team

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"To beat Germany was probably the best feeling I'd had for a long time in football"

Eddie's photo of @HarryMaguire93 celebrating after Harry Kane's goal against Germany🇩🇪 is the photographer's favourite image from the entire tournament 🎉

📸 by Eddie Keogh/FA via Getty Images
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As the final whistle blew, Eddie went to capture Gareth Southgate celebrating his moment of redemption after beating Germany🇩🇪

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But, what is the state of #COVID19 in Wales? news.sky.com/story/covid-19…
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⚽️Ticketless fans toppled barriers to gain entry into Wembley Stadium before the #Euro2020 final between England and Italy.

Analysing social media, Sky News has determined when and where some of these incidents took place throughout the evening
news.sky.com/story/euro-202…
🚩 Point 1: Engineers Way - 5.31pm - 159 minutes to kick-off

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A group of supporters is seen sprinting up a stairway next to the Club Wembley entrance, the stadium's hospitality entrance.

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A covert maritime battle between Israel and Iran has been raging for years - but these clashes are now spilling out onto the world stage.

Sky News has been tracking the routes, gathering images of the alleged attacks and monitoring the responses.

More: trib.al/RWvAN9G
When smoke started rising from the Wisdom oil tanker last Sunday, officials said it came from a “slight fire”.

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Find out what the key highlights were 👇
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