Ongoing shifts in the global water cycle amplified floods, droughts and heat extremes in 2025, causing thousands of deaths and hundreds of billions in losses, a new report said Wednesday.The 2025 Global Water Monitor Report led by The Australian National University (ANU) demonstrates that continued warming is altering how water moves, is stored and is exchanged between the atmosphere, land and oceans, with significant consequences for societies and ecosystems, said an ANU news release.The report found that nearly 5,000 people died and about 8 million were displaced in water-related disasters in 2025, with economic losses surpassing 360 billion U.S. dollars.Losses...