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. …
In disappointing news, India is expected to receive below normal monsoon rainfall of 93 per cent, according to the met department forecast which predicted a reduction of two per cent from the one made initially. "The monsoon season rainfall for the country as a whole between June and September is …
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Drought like situation is looming over 203 villages of Kutch. The government has already declared 106 of these as partial scarcity-hit, while a proposal of the same purpose for another 97 village has been sent for consideration. Sources in the Kutch collectorate said, “A proposal to declare villages of Abdasa …
An El Nino weather pattern may be established by August as Australia remains on alert for the event that brings drought to the Asia-Pacific region and heavier-than-usual rains to South America. The alert indicates at least a 70 percent chance of an El Nino developing in 2014, the Bureau of …
Australia has experienced its hottest two-year period ever recorded as the country feels the impact of climate change, a report released today finds. Australia in the second half of 2014 will probably have an El Nino event, which often brings drought, extreme heat and bushfire risk to rural areas, according …
The Obama administration is expected to announce new regulations Monday meant to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change. What do Americans believe about climate change, and how have those beliefs changed? Our overview follows. First, a majority of Americans say that global warming is indeed happening, and the numbers …
The paper approaches the question of disconnect between El Nino and Indian droughts by exploring the timing of El Nino developments in a year and its relation with monsoon rains. The researchers connect an India specific El Nino (ISEL), based on tracking temperature anomalies of three months moving averages for …
MADURAI: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an alert to the State agriculture department asking it to be prepare a contingency plan to face any eventuality triggered by the El Nino effect (Spanish for boy) this year. Tamil Nadu faces a threat from El Nino, a weather pattern that …
Wheat-growing regions in Australia are set for a drier winter amid a looming El Nino event, which can bring below-average rain to the country’s east and south. The odds for below-average rainfall is more than 60 percent from June to August in parts of southern Western Australia, most of South …
The monsoon rainfall in 2014 is likely to be less than the long term average, with a chance of almost one in four of it being a drought, according to the forecast of the India Meteorological Department. The expected occurrence of an undesirable phenomenon – the El Niño over the …
As June inches closer, mercury is soaring across the country. Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a statement that heat wave conditions would prevail at a few places over Gangetic West Bengal and at isolated places over Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and southwest Madhya Pradesh. Maximum temperature is expected to go …
A strong El Nino has been predicted for this year, which governments are warning could result in reduced rainfall and drought. But new research studies claim there is no “one-to-one relationship” between El Nino and deficient or excess monsoon years. El Nino is a band of inconsistent or unusual warm …
Singapore is approaching its yearly "haze" season, when smoke from forest clearing in Indonesia chokes the air, with this year likely to be worse than 2013's record pollution thanks to lack of action in Jakarta and an expected El Nino weather pattern. The prosperous city-state, which prides itself on its …
Australia remains on El Nino watch on expectations the weather pattern that brings drought to the Asia-Pacific region and heavier-than-usual rains to South America will probably develop by August. The alert indicates at least a 70 percent chance of an El Nino developing this year, the Bureau of Meteorology said …
Below normal rainfall has been predicted but UP, Bihar, Odisha and parts of Andhra Pradesh and Northeast India will receive normal rainfall. The seasonal rainfall is likely to be 95 per cent of the Long Period average with an error of plus or minus 5 per cent because of the …
California doesn’t have much chance for rain in the next five months, and its best opportunity to break the drought there may hinge on the emergence of an El Nino in the Pacific Ocean this year, U.S. forecasters said. The entire state is suffering some form of drought, as is …
California doesn't have much chance for rain in the next five months, and its best opportunity to break the drought there may hinge on the emergence of an El Nino in the Pacific Ocean this year, US forecasters said Thursday. The entire state is suffering some form of drought, as …
El Nino events can have a significant impact on the yields of certain major food crops, a study has shown. Researchers say the climatic phenomenon, which triggers changes in temperature and rainfall, can reduce maize yields by more than 4%. El Nino episodes are caused by changes in the sea …
More, water levels in the reservoirs of southern India are below the 10-year average at 8.28 billion cubic metres As doubts mount over the impact of El Niño on the southwest monsoon season in 2014, India's preparedness to face a low rainfall situation seems to have improved in the past …
Some firms plan to use unfriendly summer as a strong argument to get higher tariff El Nino may rattle the rest of the country by disrupting the monsoon but for solar projects the prospects of better sunshine is a blessing, particularly after unseasonal rains and thunderstorms in April and beginning …
