Africa

Going hungry

Just no end to destruction

Large-scale herbivore outbreaks follow every El Nio drought

Shrouded in uncertainty

2023 warmest on record, temperatures 1.48°C above preindustrial level

Current El Nino event may rank in the top five on record; expected to end by April-June  

Horn of Africa facing deadly floods due to El Nino-linked ‘above average’ rains

Heavy rainfall predicted to keep affecting the region for the next three months with varying intensity

Comparatively drier June causing problems for farmers

Latest sowing data reveals less sowing than in 2022

Climate change in India: Sinking chain of atolls in Lakshadweep

Coastal erosion and El Nio are slowly eating up India's most vulnerable archipelago

Venezuela imposes 2-day working week for government employees

The reduced workweek will extend throughout May

Uneasy lies the coral

Unprecedented depletion of corals threatens marine ecosystems in the tropics

Kenya

Mosquito mayhem

India should brace for dry and hot spring-summer, El Nino, say experts

It is too early to predict an El Nino but it is possible, say meteorologists

Wet winter, harsh summer, weird monsoon: What La Nina has in store for India in 2022

La Nina will be a major component of IMD's upcoming forecasts

El Nino-like weather conditions increased short-term malnutrition in children across tropics: Study

Nearly 6 million children were driven into hunger during 2015 El Nino

Peru’s small-scale farmers need help to recover from damage triggered by coastal El Niño

About 7,000 farmers need help to restore their capacity to produce food, FAO states

EL NINO WATCH

Searing effect

Forget volcanic eruptions and El Nino, global warming continues to worsen

Hotlinks

With temperatures increasing, link between cholera and climate has intensified

Monsoon advances, but in deficit

Reasons for delay: Weak El Nino conditions, very severe Cyclone Vayu

THE TEMPEST

Hurricane Mitch leaves Nicaragua and Honduras devastated, and over 10, 000 dead

BRAZIL

Corals in trouble

Massive coral bleaching strikes Great Barrier Reef

Blowing hot, blowing swiftly

Global warming could result in sudden disastrous climate changes

El Nino impact? India to experience below-normal southwest monsoon, predicts Skymet Weather

The distribution of rainfall throughout the season would also be skewed