Natural Disasters

Heavy storm kills girl, injures 3 others in Nkhotakota

A 13 year old girl, Zione Kaole has died while three others got injured after a house they were living in collapsed due to heavy storm experienced in Malemia Village in Nkhotakota.

Publication Date: 
23/11/2017
Malawi News Agency (MANA)
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Malawi, Storms, Africa
Climate Change

Increased rainfall volume from future convective storms in the US

Mesoscale convective system (MCS)-organized convective storms with a size of ~100 km have increased in frequency and intensity in the USA over the past 35 years, causing fatalities and economic losses. However, their poor representation in traditional climate models hampers the understanding of their change in the future. Here, a North American-scale convection-permitting model which is able to realistically simulate MSCs is used to investigate their change by the end-of-century under RCP8.5.

Publication Date: 
20/11/2017
Andreas F. Prein, Changhai Liu, Kyoko Ikeda & et al
Nature Climate Change
1-7
Tags:
Rainfall Pattern, United States Of America (US), Storms, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Climate Science, N C America
Climate Change

Increasing frequency of extremely severe cyclonic storms over the Arabian Sea

In 2014 and 2015, post-monsoon extremely severe cyclonic storms (ESCS)—defined by the WMO as tropical storms with lifetime maximum winds greater than 46 m s−1—were first observed over the Arabian Sea (ARB), causing widespread damage. However, it is unknown to what extent this abrupt increase in post-monsoon ESCSs can be linked to anthropogenic warming, natural variability, or stochastic behaviour.

Publication Date: 
13/11/2017
Hiroyuki Murakami, Gabriel A. Vecchi, Seth Underwood
Nature Climate Change
1-6
Tags:
Storms, Arabian Sea, Cyclones, Climate Impacts, Natural Disasters, Climate Change, Indian Ocean, Global Warming
Natural Disasters

Nations better shielded from disasters, Pacific most at risk - study

BONN, Germany (Reuters) - Many nations have become less vulnerable to natural disasters ranging from cyclones to earthquakes because of improved preparedness, but Pacific island states remain most

Publication Date: 
08/11/2017
Reuters
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Cyclones, Earthquakes, Floods, Pacific Islands, Storms, Heat Waves, Disaster Management, Disaster Preparedness, Tonga, Philippines, Vanuatu, Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Climate Change
Climate Change

France & China Join Forces To Study Ocean-Based Climate Change

The space agencies of China and France recently announced that they are joining forces to launch a brand new satellite into orbit to improve the understanding and prediction of ocean storms and cyc

Publication Date: 
07/11/2017
Clean Technica
Tags:
Climate Change, France, China, International Cooperation, Space Technology, Storms, Cyclones, Oceans and Seas
Natural Disasters

Tropical Storm Rina forms east of Bermuda

Tropical Storm Rina formed about 890 miles (1,430 km) east of Bermuda but is not expected to pose any danger to the U.S. mainland, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Monday.

Publication Date: 
07/11/2017
Reuters
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Storms, Bermuda
Forests

Mangroves as protection from storm surges in Bangladesh

Mangrove forests can reduce the vulnerability of adjacent coastal lands from storm surges by slowing the flow of water.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2017
Susmita Dasgupta, Md. Saiful Islam, Mainul Huq, Zahirul Huque Khan, Md. Raqubul Hasib
The World Bank
Tags:
Mangroves, Storms, Climate Change, Bangladesh, Disaster Management, Forests
Natural Disasters

Hundreds of thousands in U.S. Northeast without power after storm

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A rainstorm across the U.S.

Publication Date: 
31/10/2017
Reuters
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Storms, United States Of America (US), Floods, Energy
Natural Disasters

Rainstorm damages property worth thousands of kwacha in Chavuma District

A rain storm in Chavuma district in Northwestern province on Saturday left a trail of destruction at some government and private properties.

Publication Date: 
23/10/2017
Lusaka Times (Zambia)
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Storms, Rainfall, Floods, Africa
Climate Change

More extreme weather coming in the next few years

In the aftermath of the storms that battered Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal‚ an expert in hydro-climatology from the University of Cape Town has predicted that climate change is likely to influence more

Publication Date: 
12/10/2017
Times Live (South Africa)
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Extreme Weather Events, Storms, South Africa, Africa

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