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. …
The ongoing dry spell, which was expected to continue till August end, may get extended to the first week of September. A recent extended range forecast of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) states that the El Nino effect may dominate the remaining days of August and first week …
The monsoon performance is not always dependent on El Nino conditions, which are currently strong but then there are is a month-and-a-half left for the season to end and rains are expected during the monsoon's withdrawal phase, said R R Kelkar, former director general of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), …
The weatherman confirms a big El Nino will hit Kenya but says it is unlikely to unleash the fury and destruction of 1997. Meteorological services director James Kongoti yesterday said there is a greater than 90 per cent chance El Nino will continue through to the short rains. He said …
July smashed global records for warmth, beating all 1627 previous months since 1880, as a monster El Nino in the Pacific combined with background climate change, US scientists said. Last month, average sea and land surface temperatures across the planet were 16.61 degrees, beating the previous monthly record during the …
The Abbott government says Australia remains on track to lower greenhouse gas emissions even though total pollution edged higher in the March quarter compared with a year earlier. The latest quarterly figures skipped over the December quarter, with the Environment Department telling Fairfax Media it was too busy to compile …
A new data set of landslides that caused loss of life in Latin America and the Caribbean in the 10-year period from 2004 and 2013 inclusive has been compiled, providing new insight into the impact of landslides in this key part of the world. This data set indicates that in …
One of the strongest and wettest El Ninos will soon pummel East Africa, bringing heavy rains, floods and malaria. The prospect of a record-breaking El Nino is worrying since the 1997 weather killed many people in Kenya, and left hundreds homeless. Scientists say the condition, experienced across the world, could …
An El Nino weather pattern has strengthened over the last two weeks, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said on Tuesday, with now only a "small chance" the event will be over by the end of this year. Tropical Pacific Ocean temperatures are well above El Nino thresholds, the Australian …
Sub-par rainfall across India for more than two weeks has pushed the monsoon deficit to 10% below normal, increasing worries of a second successive drought year in the country . Average all-India rainfall was 5% below normal on August 1 but the deficit doubled by Independence Day .August so far …
This year's El Nino weather pattern could be the most powerful on record, US forecasters said, while warning that the effects of the weather system are never certain. "We're predicting this El Nino could be among the strongest El Ninos in the historical record," said Mike Halpert, deputy director of …
The El Nino climatic phenomenon has hit South America’s southern cone with a vengeance in the past week, causing flooding and landslides that have damaged crops, cut off roads, disrupted copper mining and might even influence Argentina’s presidential elections. In Chile, six people have been killed, mostly due to mudslides, …
In another sign that El Niño is gaining strength and could soak California this winter, sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean have increased to their highest level so far this year. That temperature increase — 3.4 degrees Fahrenheit above the average — was recorded Aug. 5 by the National …
Both are phenomena associated with warm water in the Pacific that can separately impact weather. Now, the two combined are building hopes for a wet winter that could help pull the West out of protracted drought. "This is a little bit of an unprecedented situation," said Kelly Redmond, deputy director …
Dark clouds are gathering on the horizon for Namibian farmers already grappling with a prolonged drought as forecasters predict 2015 could become the hottest year on record. In a worst-case scenario - after consecutive droughts - possibly the strongest ever El Niño heat waves predicted to hit parts of Southern …
Oceanographers are studying whether climate change is contributing to an unprecedented bloom of toxic algae that spans the Pacific Coast of the United States and Canada, raising health concerns and leading to multimillion-dollar income losses from closed fisheries. The bloom, which emerged in May, stretches thousands of miles from the …
Exceptionally warm water moving from the western Pacific Ocean towards South America has caused El Niño to get even stronger in recent weeks. In fact, scientists claim conditions in the Pacific are now as intense as they were in the summer of 1997, when a massive El Niño was brewing. …
A climate change expert has warned of the unpredictability of El Nino and its adverse impact on monsoon and agricultural operations, as well as the potential of hotter summers. Ancha Srinivasan, Principal Climate Change Specialist, Asian Development Bank, explained the seemingly moderate El Nino can gain strength and has potential …
Investors in soft commodities are used to being slaves to the weather’s twists and turns. With prices now in a depression and the El Niño weather pattern looming, the forecast looks more unsettled than normal. The possibility that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates later this year, coupled with …
Super Typhoon Soudelor, the most powerful storm so far this year, is generating waves of close to 15 metres as it barrels towards Taiwan. Sustained winds were last calculated at 130 knots (241km/h), with gusts reaching 160 knots (296km/h), according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre. "This super typhoon was …
The El Nino weather phenomenon, which has often disrupted rainfall in India, is further strengthening and likely to persist into early 2016, the Australia Bureau of Meteorology said in an update on Tuesday. However, meteorologists are hopeful of the emergence of a rain-boosting phenomenon - a positive Indian Ocean Dipole …
