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As climate change leads to more and wetter storms, cholera cases are on the rise

By BLANCA BEGERT, Grist

As the planet warms thanks to climate change, tropical storms are becoming more frequent, more powerful, and wetter. The World Health Organization says that while poverty and conflict remain enduring drivers for cholera around the world, climate change is aggravating the acute global upsurge of the disease that began in 2021. Thirty countries reported outbreaks in 2022, 50% more than previous years’ average. Many of those outbreaks were compounded by tropical cyclones and ensuing displacement of people.

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