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. …
This is our season of despair. This year, it would seem, the gods have been most unkind to Indian farmers. Early in the year came the weird weather events, like hailstorms and freak and untimely rains that destroyed standing crops. Nobody knew what was happening. After all, each year we …
The slowdown in global warming is likely to end within two years as the Earth’s climate system undergoes a radical shift that could push temperatures to record highs this year and next, according to the Met Office. The findings will demolish claims by climate sceptics that the slowdown in the …
Record temperatures and changes to climate patterns in the world’s oceans are among signs that a global warming pause is coming to an end, Britain’s Met Office said in a report on Monday. The report comes just over two months before negotiators from almost 200 countries meet in Paris to …
Nairobi County Government will map out areas prone to flooding before the onset of the El-Nino rains, which are expected from next month. The county's Planning, Environment and Roads and Infrastructure departments are set to release a joint report after mapping out the hotspot area in the coming days. Roads …
Corals are recovering from last year’s bleaching but warmer-than-normal ocean temperatures this year will likely lead to a more deadly year for coral reef Warmer-than-normal ocean temperatures around Hawaii this year will likely lead to the worst coral bleaching the islands have ever seen, scientists said. Many corals are only …
The world is starting to heat up again, say British scientists, raising speculation that a 15-year slowdown in the rate of global warming could be coming to an end. A pause in the rate of global temperature rises since the late 1990s has baffled climate scientists and led some to …
Japan's weather bureau said on Thursday that an El Nino weather pattern was continuing and reiterated there was a strong possibility it would stretch into winter. The current El Nino weather phenomenon is expected to peak between October and January and could turn into one of the strongest on record, …
Climate officials warn winter’s weather pattern likely to be one of the strongest as effects are likely to be felt from December to March Climate officials are warning that this winter’s El Niño weather pattern is likely to be one of the strongest on record, bringing huge storms and a …
The normally cool Pacific Northwest endured its hottest summer on record, while several states in the Northeast and Midwest had one of their soggiest summers, according to new data out Wednesday from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Northwest heat and dryness led to Washington state having its …
Australians who have just experienced their coldest winters in decades shouldn’t be fooled, scientists say, with new research showing that new heat records are outnumbering new cold records at an accelerating rate. An analysis of 100 years of Australian temperature data has found that in the past 15 years, new …
Meteorologists are churning through the alphabet to come up with new names for storms, as what US space agency NASA dubs the "tropical train" spawns yet another cyclone. Hurricane Linda is the latest tropical storm to achieve hurricane strength as the depression strengthened quickly on Monday off the southern tip …
The government has set aside Sh5 billion and put on standby 70,000 National Youth Service members in readiness for the destructive El Nino rains expected from October. This is part of an emergency plan revealed by Deputy President William Ruto on Tuesday. The plan brings together all ministries and will …
PANJIM: Despite receiving some respite from the dry spell the State has witnessed since Friday, Goa’s rainfall deficit is still 25 percent. While the normal rainfall is 2788.33 mm, the State has so far registered 2104.5 mm of rainfall accounting for a rainfall departure of 25 percent from normal. Speaking …
It increasingly appears that weather systems over Asia are interlinked and feeling the effects of El Nino, global warming and local air pollution G B S N P Varma Despite intense floods in some parts of India, the monsoon rainfall across India through August 10 is only 91% of average …
This year's early withdrawal of the southwest monsoon from western India could lead to an early onset of the northeast monsoon over southern states. Spread over October till December, this retreating monsoon brings rainfall over Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. This could help planting of winter crops and …
Australia increased its wheat production estimate after El Nino-defying rain in winter boosted the outlook for yields in key growing regions. Output may total 25.3 million metric tons in 2015-16 from 23.6 million tons forecast in June, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural & Resource Economics & Sciences said in a …
Britons may not have had much to smile about weather-wise recently – having endured the coldest summer for three years – but things are set to change with a week of sunshine and warm temperatures before unsettled weather returns. “No one can deny that we have had a pretty disappointing …
One day last March, farmers in this village on the banks of the Kafetina River, in the mountainous highlands of Papua New Guinea, watched their food gardens swept away by pouring rain, flooding and landslides. Just months later, a severe drought has engulfed the country, affecting nearly a million people …
Rarely have farmers in Rajasthan felt more frustrated during a monsoon than they have felt in the 2015 season. “Statistics say West Rajasthan has received surplus rain but its spread has been restricted to a short period,” says Dilip Soni, Director of the Jodhpur-based Shree Ram Gum Chemicals. Shree Ram …
Summer 2015 officially ended across the northern hemisphere on Monday with hot conditions again gripping central parts of Europe. Poland had some of the highest temperatures, with Warsaw recording 35C (95F), about 12 degrees above the seasonal average. The latest heatwave added to what has been a very hot summer …
