At least 242 million students in 85 countries had their schooling disrupted by extreme climate events in 2024, including heatwaves, tropical cyclones, storms, floods, and droughts, exacerbating an existing learning crisis, according to a new UNICEF analysis released today. Heatwaves were the predominant climate hazard shuttering schools last year, with …
Western disturbances have a long history of climatological, synoptic and satellite observations based studies. In present study an attempt has been made to understand the different aspects of western disturbances like movement, associated convection, induce systems and associated weather. The western disturbances (WDs) during post monsoon and winter season have …
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) -the country's national weather forecaster -on Thursday launched an SMS-based alert system for general public for dissemination of weather and disaster-related (cyclone, floods, heavy rains) information. Under this round-the-clock web-based operational system, the IMD will send SMSs to individuals who would register themselves at the …
The year 2014 is on track to be one of the hottest, if not the hottest, on record, according to preliminary estimates by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). This is largely due to record high global sea surface temperatures, which will very likely remain above normal until the end of …
There has been evidence since 1950 of changes in climate extremes. Observed changes in climate extremes reflect the influence of anthropogenic climate change in addition to natural climate variability, with changes in exposure and vulnerability influenced by both climatic and nonclimatic factors. Changes in climate extremes vary across regions with …
The India Disaster Report 2013 documents the major disasters of the year with focus on the Uttarakhand Flash Floods and the Cyclone Phailin. Other disasters like building collapse and stampede have also been covered besides the biological disaster (Japanese Encephalitis). The lessons learnt in these disasters provide us a bench-mark …
Over 41,200 houses and buildings were damaged and 450,000 acres of agricultural land was damaged by cyclone Hudhud The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation granted $ 500,000 to US-based NGO CARE for taking up cyclone relief works in Andhra Pradesh. The fund will enable CARE staff to meet emergency needs …
Trend in North Atlantic tropical cyclone frequency is subject to uncertainties related mainly to observational deficiencies. These uncertainties make assessments of anthropogenic effects on present and future trends problematic. Here we document that, contrary to received opinion, ship numbers actually peaked in the mid-nineteenth century and reached a minimum in …
Tropical cyclones are used as travelling thermometers to globally sample upper-tropospheric temperatures and help mitigate uncertainties due to discrepancies among different reanalysis data products.
Almost 100 million people were affected across the globe by natural disasters last year, with 90 per cent from the Asia Pacific region, says a new report released by International Red Cross. These disasters include extreme weather events like floods, droughts, heat waves and cyclones.
Though cyclone Nilofar has weakened considerably, it brought about an almost immediate change in Delhi’s weather as it neared the Gujarat coast. On Friday, the capital saw a drop in minimum temperatures—to 16 degrees Celsius from Thursday’s 17.8—even while smog kept the city cocooned through the day. While the air …
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will provide financial, technical and managerial assistance to the Odisha government to construct 30 lakh pucca houses in the state. The houses would be constructed by 2019. This proposal was discussed at a meeting between Panchayati Raj minister Arun Sahu and UNDP country head …
More than 17,000 people living near the coastal areas in Gujarat have been evacuated by authorities in view of the approaching tropical cyclone Nilofar which, however, has gradually weakened and is expected to hit the state merely as a "depression". "So far, we have shifted 17,372 people from Kutch and …
Urging all the stakeholders to come forward and join hands to create a disaster-resilient Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday said that in the aftermath of the Cyclone Phailin last year the Union Government and the World Bank have agreed to finance construction of 30,000 disaster-resistant houses from the …
Industrial installations, ports put on high alert for next three days When cyclone Nilofar, termed a ‘very severe cyclone’ by the weather department, reaches the Gujarat coast, its intensity is likely to weaken by two levels. The date of landfall has also been revised to Saturday from Friday. The cyclone …
The coastal districts of Gujarat would receive isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall as cyclone Nilofar would intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm during the next 24 hours, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday. Fishermen were warned against venturing into sea by the state government as the western …
Rains drench most places in Goa; winds with speeds of 45-50 kmph likely along coast, max and min temperatures below normal in north Goa; fishermen told not to venture into seas PANJIM: The cyclone Nilofar, which is set to intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm during next 24 hours …
It seems like Lord Jagannath’s Rath Yatra, cyclone has become an annual event in Odisha. The severe cyclone Phailin hit Gopalpur coast on October 12, 2013 evening while cyclone Hudhud hit Visakhapatnam exactly on the same day in 2014, but this time before noon. Hudhud also caused devastation in southern …
The Andhra Pradesh government is planning to adopt a disaster management system like the one prevailing in Odisha, which frequently faces floods and cyclones. According to sources, impressed by the efficient cyclone relief work being put in by around 559 personnel from the Odisha fire services department and Odisha Disaster …
Bhubaneswar: The severe cyclonic storm Hudhud has damaged 1521 schools across seven districts and standing crops in more than 2.5 lakh hectares in eight districts of Odisha, official sources said. While the School and Mass Education department has estimated the cost of damage to the schools to the tune of …
