Natural Disasters

Heatwave sweeps North Odisha too

BALASORE: Heatwave swept districts of Balasore, Mayurbhanj and Bhadrak on Thursday with the day temperature hovering around 40 degree Celsius.

Publication Date: 
18/05/2012
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Heat Waves, Natural Disasters, Orissa (Odisha), Mayurbhanj, Bhadrak (D)
Natural Disasters

Heat wave alert in season high: City goes from sweaty to dry in 24 hours

The Celsius soared to a season high of 40.5 degrees on Wednesday, prompting the weather office to sound the summer’s first heat-wave warning for Calcutta.

Publication Date: 
17/05/2012
Telegraph (Kolkata)
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Heat Waves, Calcutta (D), Maldah, Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal
Climate Change

Evaluation of a heat vulnerability index on abnormally hot days: An environmental public health tracking study

Extreme hot weather conditions have been associated with increased morbidity and mortality, but risks are not evenly distributed throughout the population. Previously, a heat vulnerability index (HVI) was created to geographically locate populations with increased vulnerability to heat in metropolitan areas throughout the United States. The authors sought to determine whether areas with higher heat vulnerability, as characterized by the HVI, experienced higher rates of morbidity and mortality on abnormally hot days.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2012
Colleen E. Reid, Jennifer K. Mann, Ruth Alfasso & et al
Environmental Health Perspectives
120
5
715-720
Tags:
Extreme Weather Events, Health Effects, Heat Waves, United States Of America (US)
Natural Disasters

Heat wave postpones artisan fair

DURGAPUR, 29 APRIL: The artisan’s fair at Durgapur Haat, which was scheduled to be held from 2 May 2012, has been postponed till after the Durga Puja due to lack of footfall resulting from the inte

Publication Date: 
30/04/2012
Statesman (Kolkata)
Tags:
Durgapur, West Bengal, Heat Waves, Natural Disasters, Small Scale Industry
Climate Change

Scientists pin down historic sea level rise

The collapse of an ice sheet in Antarctica up to 14,650 years ago might have caused sea levels to rise between 14 and 18 metres, a study showed on Wednesday, data which could help make more accurat

Publication Date: 
02/04/2012
New Age (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, Antarctica, History, Climate Impacts, Global Warming, Glacial Melt, Heat Waves, Floods, Drought, Natural Disasters
Health

The impact of heat waves on mortality in seven major cities in Korea

Understanding the health impacts of heat waves is important, especially given anticipated increases in the frequency, duration, and intensity of heat waves due to climate change. The researchers examined mortality from heat waves in seven major Korean cities for 2000 through 2007 and investigated effect modification by individual characteristics and heat wave characteristics (intensity, duration, and timing in season).

Publication Date: 
01/04/2012
Ji-Young Son, Jong-Tae Lee, G. Brooke Anderson & et al
Environmental Health Perspectives
120
4
566-571
Tags:
Heat Waves, South Korea, Health Effects, Climate Change
Climate Change

Mumbai, Miami on list for big weather disasters

Global warming is leading to such severe storms, droughts and heat waves that nations should prepare for an unprecedented onslaught of deadly and costly weather disasters, an international panel of

Publication Date: 
29/03/2012
Dawn (Pakistan)
Tags:
Mumbai, Global Warming, Climate Change, Storms, Drought, Heat Waves, Natural Disasters, Extreme Weather Events, Climate Impacts, IPCC, Floods, China, India, Vietnam
Climate Change

Plan Now For Climate-Related Disasters: U.N. Report

A future on Earth of more extreme weather and rising seas will require better planning for natural disasters to save lives and limit deepening economic losses, the United Nations said on Wednesday

Publication Date: 
29/03/2012
David Fogarty and Deborah Zabarenko
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Extreme Weather Events, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Sea Level Rise, Natural Disasters, Heat Waves, IPCC, Drought, Floods, Green House Gases, Ecology, R K Pachauri, Mangroves, Forests, Forest Fires, Australia, Urbanisation, Developing Countries, United States Of America (US)
Climate Change

Scientists Pin Down Historic Sea Level Rise

The collapse of an ice sheet in Antarctica up to 14,650 years ago might have caused sea levels to rise between 14 and 18 metres (46-60 feet), a study showed on Wednesday, data which could help make

Publication Date: 
29/03/2012
Nina Chestney
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Scientists, Sea Level Rise, Climate Change, Glacial Melt, Global Warming, Heat Waves, Floods, IPCC, History
Climate Change

The impact of heat islands on mortality in Paris during the August 2003 heat wave

Heat waves have a drastic impact on urban populations, which could increase with climate change. The authors evaluated new indicators of elderly people’s exposure to heat in Paris, from a public health prevention perspective, using satellite thermal images.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2012
Karine Laaidi, Abdelkrim Zeghnoun, Bénédicte Dousset & et al
Environmental Health Perspectives
120
2
254-259
Tags:
Heat Waves, France, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Health Effects, Aged, Remote Sensing

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