Articles for West Pacific

A bomb cyclone and an atmospheric river will combine with dangerous effect on the West Coast
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

A bomb cyclone and an atmospheric river will combine with dangerous effect on the West Coast

CNN  

CNN — A powerful “bomb cyclone” will combine with an atmospheric river to unleash over a month’s worth of rain, hurricane-force wind gusts and feet of mountain snow to parts of the Pacific Northwest and Northern California. A storm system off the Pacific Northwest is expected to rapidly intensify on Tuesday in a phenomenon called “bombogenesis” and earn it the …

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Four storms churning the West Pacific at the same time mean more bad news for the Philippines
2 months ago

Four storms churning the West Pacific at the same time mean more bad news for the Philippines

CNN  

CNN — Four separate storm systems are churning their way through the West Pacific simultaneously, a rare occurrence resulting from warmer oceans that threatens to bring more misery to the storm-weary Philippines. Charism Sayat/AFP/Getty Images After moving through the Philippines and into the South China Sea, Yinxing drifted west toward China’s Hainan province before veering south to Vietnam, where it …

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China showcases military might, sends PLA warships to West Pacific for live-fire drills
1 year, 7 months ago

China showcases military might, sends PLA warships to West Pacific for live-fire drills

Firstpost  

The military said on Tuesday, just after one of China’s two aircraft carriers returned from a patrol, that two Chinese warships had entered the Western Pacific for live-fire drills. The destroyer Dalian and the guided-missile frigate Huangshan recently travelled to an unnamed region of the West Pacific to conduct attack and defensive manoeuvres, according to a statement from China’s People’s …

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Much Of West Coast Faces Salmon Fishing Ban As Population Plummets
1 year, 9 months ago

Much Of West Coast Faces Salmon Fishing Ban As Population Plummets

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING SAN DIEGO — As drought dried up rivers that carry California’s newly hatched Chinook salmon to the ocean, state officials in recent years resorted to loading up the fish by the millions onto trucks and barges to take them to the Pacific. DaveAlan via Getty Images Now, ocean salmon fishing season is set to be prohibited this …

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What is causing the parade of storms battering California?
2 years ago

What is causing the parade of storms battering California?

LA Times  

Metro worker Gerardo Medina, 21, clears a flooded section of the pedestrian walkway leading to train platforms on the main level of Union Station in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday. The jet stream pattern this winter is very unusual for current La Niña conditions, said Alex Tardy, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in San Diego. It looks more …

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Remote undersea volcano likely erupting in Pacific Ocean
2 years, 2 months ago

Remote undersea volcano likely erupting in Pacific Ocean

The Hindu  

A volcano is likely erupting deep beneath the Pacific Ocean in the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, but scientists don't know for sure because it's so inaccessible. With help from the the Laboratoire de Geophysique in Tahiti and data from seismic stations in Guam and Japan, scientists analyzed the signals to determine the source of the activity was …

Tsunami alert issued for all of US west coast after huge volcanic eruption in Tonga
3 years ago

Tsunami alert issued for all of US west coast after huge volcanic eruption in Tonga

The Independent  

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Rapid warming of Indo-Pacific Ocean cited as reason for rainfall decline over Northern India
5 years, 1 month ago

Rapid warming of Indo-Pacific Ocean cited as reason for rainfall decline over Northern India

Firstpost  

Continued warming of the Indo-Pacific Ocean is highly likely, which may further intensify these changes in global rainfall patterns. Rapid warming of the Indo-Pacific ocean could be the reason behind erratic rainfall patterns with heavy rains pummeling some parts of the world while others, including north India, experiencing declines, a new study has said. “The rainfall pattern across the globe …

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Rapid warming of Indo-Pacific ocean behind decline in rainfall over north India: Study
5 years, 1 month ago

Rapid warming of Indo-Pacific ocean behind decline in rainfall over north India: Study

India TV News  

Rapid warming of the Indo-Pacific ocean could be the reason behind erratic rainfall patterns with heavy rains pummeling some parts of the world while others, including north India, experiencing declines, a new study has said. The study, led by Roxy Mathew Koll of the Pune-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology warned that warming of the ocean has altered the most …

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India’s rain pattern getting affected by global climate crisis
5 years, 1 month ago

India’s rain pattern getting affected by global climate crisis

Hindustan Times  

Scientists have for the first time linked a specific phenomenon brought on by the climate crisis to reduced winter rain in India -- a growing patch of warm seas in the Indo-Pacific ocean region that is causing droughts in some regions across the world and extreme floods in others. Scientists have for the first time linked a specific phenomenon brought …

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