(WAVE) - The community came together to pull off a Christmas miracle after hundreds of toys and books for the Kosair for Kids holiday party were destroyed in a basement flood over the summer.

Extreme weather caused significant disruptions to education worldwide in 2024, with around 242 million students in 85 countries missing lessons due to heatwaves, storms, floods and droughts.

The research group analyzed health insurance claims data from three prefectures―Hiroshima, Okayama and Ehime―over a one-year period following the western Japan floods. The study examined the ...