This joint WFP and Action Against Hunger publication presents the impacts of El Niño in LAC, highlighting the emergency response and resilience activities taken to mitigate the effect of climate shocks in the region. The publication underscores the significance of adequate anticipation, preparedness, and response to climate emergencies in LAC. …
Ethiopia is facing a massive drought and food insecurity crisis as a result of failed rains and droughts that have been worsened by the 2015 El Niño, which in itself has been supercharged by climate change. Urgent humanitarian action is needed now to support millions of people who have lost …
The Ministry of Disaster Preparedness and Refugee Affairs (Midmar) has set aside $36.6 million (about Rwf27 billion) toward efforts to cope with effects of El Nino. This was said by Jean Baptiste Nsengiyumva, the director of disaster risk reduction and preparedness at Midmar during the 42nd Greater Horn of Africa …
After two straight years of drought, there's finally reason to hope for a normal monsoon this year. Most international models indicate that El Nino, the scourge of the monsoon in India, would dissipate by summer, providing neutral conditions for the rainy season in the country. Although it is early days …
BOGOTA – More than 300 peasants from the Caribbean province of Bolivar were driven off their land by the intense drought caused by the El Niño weather phenomenon, in the first evacuation for that reason in Colombia, the national ombudsman’s office said Monday. Nearly a hundred families moved to the …
The past month is the warmest since record keeping began in 1880, which continues a nine-month streak of record high monthly temperatures, according to the latest report released by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The average temperature across global land and ocean surfaces in January was 1.04 …
New data from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration suggest that January of 2016 was, for the globe, a truly extraordinary month. Coming off the hottest year ever recorded (2015), January saw the greatest departure from average of any month on record, according to data provided by NASA. …
Water levels at the main reservoir in Brazil's largest city of Sao Paulo have more than doubled since the El Niño climate phenomenon ended a two-year drought, although industrialists and activists warn fresh shortages may be just a matter of time. Sufficient rains since late last year have eliminated fears …
The El Niño that caused record temperatures, drought and floods over the last year has passed its peak strength but will continue to have humanitarian impacts for months to come, the UN has said. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said the event, which plays havoc with weather systems around the …
The number of major droughts recorded globally in 2015 was more than double the 10-year average, due to a severe El Niño weather event, the top UN disaster risk official said here Wednesday. The effects of the droughts are still being felt with millions of people on opposite sides of …
GENEVA: The 2015-2016 El Nino weather phenomenon, one of the most powerful on record, has begun its decline but continues to have a strong influence on global climate patterns, the UN's weather agency said on Thursday. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said El Nino, which occurs every two to seven …
Last month was the hottest January in modern times, US data showed on Wednesday, the latest in a string of heat records fuelling concerns over the pace of climate change. The average temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.87 degrees Fahrenheit (1.04 Celsius) above the 20th century average …
The Met would come up with its first forecast of 2016 southwest monsoon in April, but initial predictions from global agencies indicate an overall weakening of El Niño The India Meteorological Department (IMD) would come up with its first official forecast of 2016 southwest monsoon in April, but initial predictions …
Severe droughts and floods triggered by one of the strongest El Niño weather events ever recorded have left nearly 100 million people in southern Africa, Asia and Latin America facing food and water shortages and vulnerable to diseases including Zika, UN bodies, international aid agencies and governments have said. New …
This year has got off to a scorching start, with global temperatures marching to new highs as a giant El Nino rode on the back of creeping climate change, data from Japan and the US show. Just a month after the world notched its hottest year on record, January's global …
As many as 49 million people in southern Africa could be affected by a drought that has been worsened by the most severe and longest El Nino weather pattern in 35 years, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday. The WFP, which has already said 14 million …
El Niño conditions have caused the lowest recorded rainfall between October and December across many regions of Southern Africa in at least 35 years, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has reported in its latest report. The agency found that short-term forecasts from January to March indicate the high …
The latest food security and nutrition assessment for Somalia released Tuesday in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in collaboration with the Famine Early Warning Systems Network, describes the situation as critical and says it could get worse. The report says Somalia will continue to …
The hottest year on record, 2015, has confirmed that weather and climate-related disasters now dominate disaster trends linked to natural hazards, according to a new analysis. The top five most disaster-hit countries in 2015 were China (26), USA (22), India (19), Philippines (15) and Indonesia (11). 98.6 million people were …
Zimbabwe needs nearly $1.6 billion in aid to help pay for grain and other food after a drought that has badly affected harvests and left 3 million people in need, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Tuesday. That figure includes nearly $720 million to pay for 1.4 million tonnes of …
More than 58 000 children in drought-hit Somalia will starve to death if they do not receive urgent support, the UN has warned. The situation in the country, where dry conditions are exacerbated by an exceptionally strong El Nino weather pattern, was "alarming and could get worse", the UN said …
