Publish Date: Oct 26, 2015 By Joyce Namutebi THE ministry of health has announced mitigation measures to curb disease outbreaks that El- nino rains are likely to cause in various parts of the country. In line with a Disease Outbreak Preparedness Plan developed by the ministry, working […]
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter The nation could still face another typhoon this fall due to El Nino, which is poised to be the strongest one since 1997, the Central Weather Bureau said yesterday. The bureau yesterday gave its long-range forecast for this month to November. Weather […]
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Broadcast: 23/10/2015 Reporter: Tracy Bowden Much of southern Australia is bracing for the hottest October on record and one of the biggest El Nino weather patterns on record, and farmers are already feeling the impact. See Video Here Transcript SABRA LANE, PRESENTER: Thunderstorms and heavy […]
El Niño has hit Indonesia with extreme drought, crop losses and fires, estimated to cost the Asian country more than the $5 billion in damage caused when the weather phenomenon struck the last time. Article
By Chris Mooney October 20 Thick haze blankets Indonesia A fishing village is blanketed in haze in Indonesia after slash-and-burn agriculture practices and unusually dry conditions led to uncontrollable fires. (Reuters) Last week, I noted a staggering statistic: Raging fires in Indonesia — the result of both […]
Nancy Harris, Susan Minnemeyer, Fred Stolle and Octavia Aris Payne – October 16, 2015 According to estimates released this week by Guido van der Werf on the Global Fire Emissions Database, there have been nearly 100,000 active fire detections in Indonesia so far […]
By Javier LizarzaburuLima 29 October 2015 People in the neighbourhood of Moyopampa, 35km (22 miles) east of Lima, say 23 March was a sunny Monday afternoon like so many others. But then the skies darkened and heavy rain like no one had seen in living memory began to […]
