Annual climate summary 2023
The report discusses the climate condition over Indian region during the year 2023. Notably, global temperatures soared to exceptionally high levels during this period (WMO.No.1347). The India Meteorological
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2017: another record-breaking year for heat and extreme weather
This report reviews the trends in average global temperature and the extreme weather events that occurred in 2017. The report finds that the global temperature averaged over the last five years (2013,
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Precipitation, convective clouds, and their connections with tropical cyclone intensity and intensity change
<p>In this paper, satellite-based precipitation, clouds with infrared (IR) brightness temperature (BT), and tropical cyclone (TC) data from 2000 to 2015 are used to explore the relationship between precipitation,
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Madagascar cyclone death toll rises to 51, with thousands displaced
The death toll from a cyclone that hit Madagascar about 10 days ago has risen to 51, with another 22 people reported missing, authorities said on Sunday. Tropical Cyclone Ava passed through Madagascar
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Seychellois island to become part of region-wide cyclone forecasting system
Seychelles’ Aldabra Atoll became part of a region-wide tropical cyclone forecasting system late last year after its first Global Positioning System (GPS) ground station was installed. Fitted by a
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Madagascar's cyclone Ava death toll hits 36
The cyclone that slammed into Madagascar last week has claimed a total of 36 lives, with 20,000 people displaced by flooding, heavy rain and high winds, authorities said on Wednesday. Tropical cyclone
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Mozambique: A Billion Meticais Approved for Contingincy Plan
Maputo — The Mozambican government on Tuesday approved a contingency plan for dealing with possible natural disasters during the 2017-2018 rainy season, budgeted at a billion meticais (about 17 million
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For remote Vanuatu islanders, fleeing climate disasters is an uphill battle
Villagers in South River, a palm-fringed coastal community in the low-lying South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, are used to battling cyclones, floods and tsunamis but are now facing a new threat -
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Global disaster costs in 2017 to hit $306 billion: Swiss Re
Total economic losses from natural and man-made disasters have soared by 63 percent to strike an estimated $306 billion in 2017, reinsurance firm Swiss Re said Wednesday. "The US was hardest hit, including
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Cyclone Ockhi: Spike in dengue cases in Mumbai likely, say doctors
The mosquito-borne viral disease usually dips at this time of the year Following the unseasonal rain in the city on Tuesday, doctors have predicted a spike in dengue cases within weeks, though the mosquito-borne
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Cyclone kills 19, most under landslide, on Indonesian island of Java
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A tropical cyclone killed 19 people on the Indonesian island of Java, officials said on Wednesday, with most of the victims caught under a landslide. Video footage showed rivers