Natural Disasters

Sydney weather: Bureau of Meteorology confirms Kurnell was hit by a tornado

The extreme thunderstorm that tore through Kurnell was consistent with being an mid-intensity tornado with wind gusts well above the previous strongest recorded four decades ago in NSW.

Publication Date: 
18/12/2015
Age (Australia)
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Storms, Australia, Cyclones
Climate Change

Climate change: Odisha seeks collaboration with US

The Odisha government on Monday sought collaboration with the US industrial sector and explore partnership with the country in various adaptation and mitigation measures for climate change.

Publication Date: 
15/12/2015
Statesman (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Climate Change, United States Of America (US), Climate Mitigation, Climate Adaptation, Disaster Management, Cyclones
Atmosphere And Ozone Layer

Impact of different Asian source regions on the composition of the Asian monsoon anticyclone and of the extratropical lowermost stratosphere

The impact of different boundary layer source regions in Asia on the chemical composition of the Asian monsoon anticyclone, considering its intraseasonal variability in 2012, is analysed by simulations of the Chemical Lagrangian Model of the Stratosphere (CLaMS) using artificial emission tracers. The horizontal distribution of simulated CO, O3, and artificial emission tracers for India/China are in good agreement with patterns found in satellite measurements of O3 and CO by the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS).

Publication Date: 
10/12/2015
B. Vogel, G. Günther, R. Müller & et al
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
15
13699–13716
Tags:
Monsoons, Atmosphere, Asia, Cyclones, Remote Sensing, India, China
Climate Change

Climate-induced migrations to rise to 1 bn by 2050: Study

The JustJobs network has released its research report on the link between climate change and livelihoods

Publication Date: 
01/12/2015
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, COP 21 (Paris), Migration, Natural Disasters, India, Bangladesh, Floods, Cyclones, Renewable Energy, Climate Impacts
Climate Change

Provisional Statement on the Status of Global Climate in 2011-2015

The global average surface temperature in 2015 is likely to be the warmest on record and to reach the symbolic and significant milestone of 1° Celsius above the pre-industrial era. This is due to a combination of a strong El Niño and human-induced global warming, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Publication Date: 
25/11/2015
World Meteorological Organization
Tags:
Extreme Weather Events, Climate Change, El Nino, Heat Waves, Floods, Droughts, Cyclones, Green House Gases, Ozone, Sea Level Rise, India, Global
Climate Change

A research report on the 2015 Southwest monsoon

The present report is a collection of research results presented, by IITM scientists and other experts at the IITM Monsoon Discussion Forums (IMDF) during conspicuous boreal summer of 2015.

Publication Date: 
17/11/2015
Milind Mujumdar, C. Gnanaseelan, M. Rajeevan
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
Tags:
Monsoons, El Nino, Rainfall, Cyclones, Extreme Weather Events, India, Storms
Natural Disasters

Second rare cyclone batters Yemen, kills one: official

A second extremely rare and powerful cyclone in two weeks battered the Yemeni island of Socotra with hurricane-force winds on Sunday, killing a woman and causing around 5,000 people to flee their h

Publication Date: 
10/11/2015
Reuters
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Cyclones, Storms, Yemen
Climate Change

Explaining extreme events of 2014 from a climate perspective

Human activities, such as greenhouse gas emissions and land use, influenced specific extreme weather and climate events in 2014, including tropical cyclones in the central Pacific, heavy rainfall in Europe, drought in East Africa, and stifling heat waves in Australia, Asia, and South America, according to a new report released.

Publication Date: 
06/11/2015
Stephanie C. Herring, Martin P. Hoerling, James P. Kossin, Thomas C. Peterson, Peter A. Stott
American Meteorological Society
Tags:
Extreme Weather Events, Climate Change, Global Warming, Green House Gases, Heat Waves, Droughts, Rainfall, Floods, Cyclones, India, Global, Sea Level Rise
Natural Disasters

Powerful cyclone causes flooding in Yemen, already hit by civil war

A cyclone with hurricane-force winds made landfall on Yemen’s Arabian Sea coast on Tuesday, flooding the country’s fifth-largest city, Mukalla, and sending thousands of people fleeing for shelter.

Publication Date: 
04/11/2015
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Cyclones, Yemen, Floods
Natural Disasters

In a wild El Nino year, another rare extreme: Tropical Cyclone Chapala nears landfall in Yemen

A very odd atmospheric event has been unfolding in the Arabian Sea for the past several days — although as with many stories involving tropical cyclones (what we call hurricanes in the United State

Publication Date: 
03/11/2015
Washington Post
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Cyclones, Storms, El Nino, Yemen

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