UNIFEC 2015 A potentially record-breaking El Niño brewing in the tropical Pacific Ocean will soon hit southern Africa with Zimbabwe included. But a majority of communities are not sure how to prepare. The weather phenomenon has increased in variability in recent years, making it difficult to predict its devastating […]
Lisa Schlein October 22, 2015 10:32 AM GENEVA— The World Health Organization is stepping up efforts to control multiple cholera outbreaks in Africa and the Middle East to prevent the disease from spreading and threatening the health of thousands of people. More than 10,700 cholera cases and 170 […]
By Anna Vidot Updated 18 Oct 2015, 9:06pm The Bureau of Meteorology has warned the current El Nino event now looks set to reach record levels and continue well into next year. Appearing at a Senate Estimates hearing in Canberra, bureau director Dr Rob Vertessy said that while […]
Warm Ocean Temperatures Trigger Drought in Central America and Haiti, Bring Heavy Rainfall and Freezing Temperatures in Peru BALTIMORE, MD, Oct 20, 2015 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — Warmer-than-normal ocean temperatures associated with El Niño continue to pose a serious threat to the Latin America and Caribbean region. Less-than-expected […]
The Jakarta Post | Editorial | November 01 2015 The forest and peatland fires and smog, billed the worst in Indonesian history, still dominated media headlines this week, with thousands of hot spots covering Sumatra and Kalimantan. At least 19 people in Sumatra and Kalimantan have died, and […]
David Fogarty, The Straits Times/ANN | National | October 22 2015 Emissions from forest and land fires in Indonesia have rocketed in the past two weeks and will today surpass the total emissions for the 2006 fire crisis, the country’s second-worst on record, according to an analysis of […]
November 5 2015 October rainfall was below average for most of Australia. Rainfall was in the lowest 10% of historical totals (decile 1) for much of the South West Land Division in Western Australia, a stretch along the southern coast from around Ceduna in South Australia through to South […]
