Displaced from Home and Sheltered in an Extreme Environment
https://eos.org/articles/displaced-from-home-and-sheltered-in-an-extreme-environment
Excerpt: Millions of people, displaced from their home countries, take refuge in areas that are highly vulnerable to extreme weather. ...Kakuma refugee camp, ...which includes refugees from more than 20 countries, often lacks access to services such as clean water and nutritious food. A common building material in the camp is wood-iron sheets, which are vulnerable to dust storms and hailstorms. The refugee community must also endure the latent threat posed by Kenya’s increasing heat, combined with unprecedented drought and a lack of trees. ...In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, scientists analyzed refugees’ exposure to extreme weather events in Kakuma and 19 other large refugee settlements. The results confirmed that refugee camps are exposed to harsher conditions than those found in the rest of the host country....