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 […]
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El Nino to have crucial impact on the fall: CWB
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 […]
El Nino brings dry grip to south eastern Australia and farmers feel the pinch
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 […]
El Nino’s devastating effect on Indonesia
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 […]
Indonesian fires are pouring huge amounts of carbon into the atmosphere
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) […]
Indonesia’s Fire Outbreaks Producing More Daily Emissions than Entire US Economy
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 […]
Peru prepares for El Niño
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 […]