The earth has endured ice ages , drought, storms, and flooding, it can cause illness and death as well as damage to homes
I don't know if we are talking about the same war but the immediate consequence for Africa of the declaration of war in Europe was the invasion by the Allies of Germany's colonies. Neither side had prepared for war in sub-Saharan Africa. Indeed there was short-lived hope that it might be isolated from the war.
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Observe - color, parallax angle, spectral type, apparent brightness
Infer - luminosity, surface temperature, mass, radius
In the tropics where the Earth you have stood for the Sun to pass directly overhead that is passing through your Zenith at some time of the year. This id is also known to people as within +/- 23 degrees to the equator. Hence, the answer to the question is "on the topic or within +/- 23 degrees to the equator".
