Faster disaster: Climate change fuels ‘flash droughts’, intense downpours and storms
As we continue to warm the planet, we’ll see more flash droughts and more intense ones
During the night: Mandous makes landfall; brings rain, water-logging and traffic disruptions
Mandous is now headed to Karnataka, where it could bring substantial rainfall
Run-up to COP27: Zimbabweans count loss and damage as climate change hits country hard
Frequency of droughts has also increased to about 1 in 3 years from 1 per decade
Earth just experienced its 6th-warmest August on record
Warmest August on record was experienced in both North America and Europe
Cyclone Yaas: Acres of standing crop destroyed in Odisha’s ‘vegetable bowl’
Farmers fear further losses if rainwater is not flushed out from the fields
195% more Africans affected due to extreme weather events in 2019
Extreme events are also predicted for the first half of 2020 in the continent
How investing in early warning systems prove beneficial
For every $1 invested in EWS, there is a return of $6.0 in benefits, showed the study
Bangladesh experienced 185 extreme weather events between 2000 and 2019: ICCCAD report
Cyclone casualty in the country reduced from 300,000 in 1970 to 35 in 2022
Biporjoy: Depression forms over Arabian Sea, climate change making conditions conducive
Exceptionally warm Arabian Sea, weak monsoon onset and favourable Madden Julian Oscillation conditions favouring the cyclone, expert tells Down …
Mocha: ‘Super cyclone’ completes landfall near Sittwe; will weaken in next 3 hours
Locals stay put, nowhere to escape; international agencies and government on their toes
Loss & damage: The 2022 extreme weather events linked to climate change
Human imprint is evident in 71% of the 504 extreme weather events witnessed across Earth between 2003 and 2022
Mexico braces for flash floods, landslides as Hurricane Orlene barrels in
Orlene is expected to pass Mexico’s Islas Marias islands before its landfall on the coast of mainland Mexico
Have cyclones in monsoon become the new ‘normal’?
The tropical cyclones of category 4 have wind speeds between 157 and 200 kilometres per hour
Cyclone Asani not to hit West Bengal, confirms IMD
Asani was not even responsible for the deluge in the state May 9, the weather agency added
Cyclone Yaas, COVID-19 leave Odisha’s weavers in deep trouble
Hundreds of looms, yarn and spindles have been damaged in the cyclone and flood, as most weavers live in thatched houses
Cyclone Amphan’s damage to Sundarbans’ wildlife not known yet
People dependent on the mangrove forest such as honey collectors and fishermen will be affected too
Amphan now strongest-ever cyclone recorded in Bay of Bengal: US agency
Down To Earth could not directly verify this fact as the Joint Typhoon Centre in Hawaii keeps updating its warning and older reports are …
A warming Bay of Bengal may have turned Amphan into super cyclone: Experts
Storms will rapidly intensify more frequently in the Indian Ocean, making prediction methods less accurate
2019 set to be record-breaking cyclone year for India
Cyclone Bulbul, to hit Andhra and Odisha by November 9, to be seventh such storm this year
Africa Climate Week: Cyclone Idai highlights urgent need of climate finance
The cyclone is already being touted as one of the worst natural disasters in the southern hemisphere
Fiji feels devastating effects of Winston
Experts linked the cyclone to global warming, saying that the extreme-weather event pointed to climate change
Cyclones, locust attacks: Climate disasters, COVID-19 pose dual challenge in South Asia
From flash floods in Pakistan to cyclone in Bay of Bengal, climate-related disasters have compounded COVID-19 crisis in South Asia
Some villages made their own disaster plan
People say it was lessons from 1999 super cyclone and media warnings that helped save lives during cyclone Phailin
Century’s largest flood strikes Far North Queensland in the wake of Storm Jasper
The tropical cyclone witnessed by Queensland in Australia during December and during an El Nino year “is not normal”; such …
Chennai’s devastation due to Cyclone Michaung is extensive
Stalin takes stock as three more deaths reported