Heat wave postpones artisan fair
DURGAPUR, 29 APRIL: The artisan’s fair at Durgapur Haat, which was scheduled to be held from 2 May 2012, has been postponed till after the Durga Puja due to lack of footfall resulting from the intense
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Natural disasters since 1900 have claimed 8 million lives, cost $7 trillion: researchers
VIENNA – Natural disasters have caused more than $7 trillion in economic damage worldwide since 1900, with floods and storms accounting for nearly 60 percent of the total, researchers said Monday. The
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Heat wave continues, leaves city high & dry
Hyderabad, May 12: The city has become the hottest metro in the country this summer with temperatures hovering around 44
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Rourkela boils at 46.2 degree
ROURKELA: Intense heat wave condition continues to grip Rourkela with the temperature being recorded at 46.2 degree Celsius today.
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Disasters in Asia and the Pacific: 2015 Year in Review
This study is part of an annual series, developed by the Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction Division of ESCAP. It provides a yearly overview of natural disasters in the
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44C in May after 11 years
Hyderabad, May 10: Hyderabad experienced unprecedented heat wave conditions on Monday as the mercury touched 44
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Extreme Weather and Warm Winters Don't Convince Climate Skeptics
When it comes to climate change and global warming, extreme weather can play a major role in proving its existence-or can it? Scientists have found that climate change skeptics are unmoved by droughts,
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Bokaro burns at 47.2C - Truant Norwester means no respite soon
Bokaro/Jamshedpur: Bokaro singed at 47.2 degrees today, making it the hottest town in the state now under a spell of a severe heat wave. Bokaro
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Heat wave: April toll 80, wheat output may be hit
A severe heat wave sweeping the country, with temperatures of almost 44
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Heat wave in MP
Intense heat wave swept across Madhya Pradesh with the state facing an impending potable water and power supply crises.
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Hottest April in a decade in West Bengal
Ananya Dutta KOLKATA: Heat wave conditions in certain parts of West Bengal have set the temperatures soaring and registered the hottest April in a decade for the State
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Climate sceptics see a conspiracy in Australia's record breaking heat
Australia's hottest year of 2013 started with a heatwave that caused widespread bush fires. In January the Holmes family from Tasmania took refuge under a jetty as wild fires raged around them. Australia’s
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The Future We Don’t Want: how climate change could impact the world’s greatest cities
New research by Acclimatise, C40, the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN), and Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy reveals number of cities and citizens threatened by direct and indirect
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The impact of heat islands on mortality in Paris during the August 2003 heat wave
Heat waves have a drastic impact on urban populations, which could increase with climate change. The authors evaluated new indicators of elderly people’s exposure to heat in Paris, from a public health
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Floods force action on climate
Extreme weather conditions such as floods and heatwaves are pushing countries across Europe into taking action to adapt to a changing climate, a study has found. The report questioned 30 European countries
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Wild weather forces climate adaptation on Europe's political agenda
Three quarters of European countries have placed adapting to disruption from climate change on the political agenda, but the same percentage cite factors such as time, money or technologies as a barrier
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Climate change threatens WA's iconic Shark Bay
In the summer of 2010-2011 Western Australia experienced an unprecedented heatwave — but not on land. Between December 2010 and April 2011, sea temperatures off the WA coast reached 3C above average, and
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Explaining extreme events of 2017 from a climate perspective
This BAMS special report presents assessments of how human-caused climate change may have affected the strength and likelihood of individual extreme events. This is the second year that scientists have
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Australia's 2013 heatwave due to climate change, researchers conclude
Record temperatures in Australia in 2013 were almost certainly caused by man-made climate change, five separate studies have found. Researchers from the University of Melbourne, the Australian National
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RegionsAdapt 2018 report: multi-level governance in climate change adaptation
This report reflects the data disclosed by 38 regional governments that are members of the 'RegionsAdapt' initiative. It demonstrates the awareness and huge potential of regional governments in adapting