A global perspective on cold wave disasters
Mustafa Öcal · 2025
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Description
Mustafa Öcal gives a world-wide view of cold wave disasters and the harm they cause. His 2025 study uses a global disaster database with records from 1951 to 2023. Cold snaps kill people and wreck property, yet their broad patterns stay unclear even as the planet warms.
The records show 312 cold-wave disasters in 70 countries, with close to 18,000 deaths and vast damage costs. Europe had the most events, while Asia bore more than half of all deaths. India had the most events and deaths, and Peru had the most deaths per event. The count of such disasters rose over time, and deaths stayed heaped in poorer lands, which points to a need for better early warnings.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mustafa Öcal |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 22 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |