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Thousands die in Mayotte: Is this the horrific face of climate change?
1 week ago

Thousands die in Mayotte: Is this the horrific face of climate change?

India Today  

The devastation caused by Cyclone Chido to the French territory of Mayotte, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, is unlike anything seen in at least 90 years. Cyclones with wind speeds between 120 and 150 kilometres per hour are known to be minimally damaging; 150-180 kmph cyclones are moderately damaging; 180-210 kmph ones are extensively damaging; and those with wind …

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Cyclone Chido: What to know about storm that devastated France’s Mayotte
1 week ago

Cyclone Chido: What to know about storm that devastated France’s Mayotte

Al Jazeera  

Officials fear hundreds of people could be dead as a result of the cyclone, which ravaged France’s poorest department. More than a thousand may be dead in Mayotte cyclone Cyclone Chido has become the worst storm to impact the French overseas territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean in 90 years. Chido intensified into a cyclone and hit Mayotte, an …

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Cyclone Fengal alert: Is your Tamil Nadu travel itinerary ready for the storm?
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Cyclone Fengal alert: Is your Tamil Nadu travel itinerary ready for the storm?

Hindustan Times  

The India Meteorological Department has reported that Cyclonic Storm Fengal is expected to cross the north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coast between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram on Saturday evening, with wind speeds of 70-80 kmph, gusting to 90 kmph. Fishing boats docked at the marina shore as Tamil Nadu braces for Cyclone Fengal, at Marina Beach in Chennai According to the IMD, Cyclone …

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Cyclone Fengal: ‘Stay indoors,’ asks officials as cyclone to make landfall near Puducherry amid high tides
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Cyclone Fengal: ‘Stay indoors,’ asks officials as cyclone to make landfall near Puducherry amid high tides

Live Mint  

As Cyclone Fengal approaches the coastal districts of Tamil Nadu, the India Meteorological Department has said that changes in the weather, particularly in coastal areas, are observed. In a post on X, Chennai Airport said, “IndiGo Airlines @IndiGo6E has temporarily suspended all arrival and departure flight operations at Chennai Airport due to adverse weather conditions. The cyclone is likely to …

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Cyclone Fengal landfall today with wind speed upto 90 kmph; Tamil Nadu, Puducherry schools closed, flights cancelled
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Cyclone Fengal landfall today with wind speed upto 90 kmph; Tamil Nadu, Puducherry schools closed, flights cancelled

Hindustan Times  

Cyclone Fengal landfall today: Cyclone Fengal is expected to make landfall close to Puducherry, along the Tamil Nadu coast, on Saturday, prompting the India Meteorological Department to issue a red alert for parts of southern states due to expected heavy rainfall. He added that coastal districts of north Tamil Nadu and south Andhra Pradesh are likely to witness intense rainfall, …

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Breathless in India: Polluted air isn't Delhi's problem alone anymore
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Breathless in India: Polluted air isn't Delhi's problem alone anymore

India Today  

As Delhi, like every year, struggles with unhealthy air, the weather conditions continue to make India’s fight against pollution worse. Delhi’s air quality remains in the “very poor” category even though the Graded Response Action Plan has been taken a notch down. The government has told Parliament that air pollution in Delhi and the National Capital Region is driven by …

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Delhi pollution worsens as winds slow down again
4 weeks ago

Delhi pollution worsens as winds slow down again

Hindustan Times  

Delhi’s air quality, which briefly improved on Monday morning to enter the “poor” category for the first time in nearly a month, deteriorated sharply by the afternoon, returning to the “very poor” zone as wind speeds dropped significantly, trapping pollutants within the city again. Delhi’s 24-hour average air quality index was recorded at 285 at 9am on Monday, but by …

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Cyclone Dana: Heavy Rains, Strong Winds Batter Odisha Coast, With Potential for Damage
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Cyclone Dana: Heavy Rains, Strong Winds Batter Odisha Coast, With Potential for Damage

New Indian Express  

Cyclone Dana is still impacting Odisha and Bengal, with heavy rains and strong winds causing damage. The landfall process is ongoing, with the rear sector of the system now moving inland. No major damage has been reported so far, but uprooted trees were observed in several districts. The state government has evacuated 5.84 lakh people to cyclone shelters.

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The forecast is..... pain?! Data firm behind the ongoing BBC weather app bungle wrongly showing 13,000mph winds don't know when it will be fixed
2 months, 1 week ago

The forecast is..... pain?! Data firm behind the ongoing BBC weather app bungle wrongly showing 13,000mph winds don't know when it will be fixed

Daily Mail  

The firm behind a bungle which has left the BBC Weather app forecasting winds of 13,000mph for parts of the UK don't know when it will be fixed. BBC Breakfast weather presenter Carol Kirkwood was this morning forced to insist a hurricane was not battering Britain after the channel's app showed 13,508mph winds in London. Presenter Carol Kirkwood had to …

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Typhoon Yagi kills 14 in Vietnam as officials warn of heavy rain that can cause flooding
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Typhoon Yagi kills 14 in Vietnam as officials warn of heavy rain that can cause flooding

Associated Press  

HANOI, Vietnam — At least 14 people have died and 176 others injured in Vietnam after Typhoon Yagi slammed the country’s north, state media said Sunday, as officials warned of heavy downpours despite its waning power. The typhoon made landfall in Vietnam’s northern coastal provinces of Quang Ninh and Haiphong with wind speeds of up to 149 kilometers per hour …

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Typhoon Yagi leaves at least 4 dead and scores injured in Vietnam
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Typhoon Yagi leaves at least 4 dead and scores injured in Vietnam

Associated Press  

HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnamese authorities say Typhoon Yagi has killed at least four people and injured 78 others after making landfall Saturday afternoon in the north of the country. Yagi, described by Vietnamese meteorological officials as “one of the most powerful typhoons in the region over the past decade,” made its way to the Southeast Asian country after it left …

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A wildfire near Greece’s capital darkens the skies over Athens and advances fast
4 months, 1 week ago

A wildfire near Greece’s capital darkens the skies over Athens and advances fast

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — A wildfire burned northeast of Athens on Sunday, darkening the sky as the smell of smoke and soot pervaded the Greek capital. The flames were moving fast toward Lake Marathon, an important reservoir supplying Athens with water, said Fire Col. Vassileios Vathrakogiannis, a spokesman for the fire department. A car burns in Varnava village during a wildfire, …

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A super-charged hurricane season is brewing – here's what it might look like
7 months ago

A super-charged hurricane season is brewing – here's what it might look like

BBC  

A super-charged hurricane season is brewing – here's what it might look like Getty Images Forecasters are predicting that 2024's hurricane season could be among the most active on record. Climate change is increasing the likelihood of what could be classed as "super hurricane seasons", like the one in 2020. Several hurricanes and typhoons already satisfy the criteria for hypothetical …

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Increasing tropical cyclones of higher intensity necessitates a new category
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Increasing tropical cyclones of higher intensity necessitates a new category

The Hindu  

Tropical cyclones are powerful and destructive weather systems that form over warm tropical ocean basins. As global warming continues unabated, can we expect tropical cyclones with an intensity of more than category 5? Simulations of future climate change suggest that the annual exceedance of the category 6 threshold will increase even more in the regions where intense tropical cyclones currently …

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Climate change could spark a wave of 'mega-hurricanes' with catastrophic wind speeds of up to 192mph - as fast as a Lamborghini Gallardo
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Climate change could spark a wave of 'mega-hurricanes' with catastrophic wind speeds of up to 192mph - as fast as a Lamborghini Gallardo

Daily Mail  

Climate change could lead to hurricanes so strong they exceed the current scale Climate change could spark a new wave of 'mega-hurricanes' so powerful that scientists say a new category is needed to measure them. With sustained winds of more than 192 mph the hurricanes in this new category have wind speeds as fast as a Lamborghini Gallardo. Researchers say …

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Strong winds help Delhi’s AQI settle in ‘moderate’ zone
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Strong winds help Delhi’s AQI settle in ‘moderate’ zone

Hindustan Times  

Strong winds swept through Delhi on Monday and slashed the city’s pollution levels, with the average air quality index improving to 180, as against 274 a day earlier, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board. Delhi recorded a fairly warm night on Monday, with the minimum temperature settling at 12.4°C — three degrees above normal. The first day …

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Hurricanes are intensifying rapidly – this is what it could mean
1 year, 3 months ago

Hurricanes are intensifying rapidly – this is what it could mean

BBC  

Hurricanes are intensifying rapidly – this is what it could mean Getty Images Hurricane Beryl, the first category five storm of 2024, marks an intense start to the Atlantic hurricane season. "It's rare to see a storm rapidly intensify this fast, this early in the season, in this part of the Atlantic," AccuWeather Lead Hurricane Forecaster Alex DaSilva told BBC …

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Cyclone ‘Biparjoy’ becomes extremely severe storm, to cross Gujarat coast by June 15
1 year, 6 months ago

Cyclone ‘Biparjoy’ becomes extremely severe storm, to cross Gujarat coast by June 15

Hindustan Times  

The India Meteorological Department on Sunday said that the very severe cyclonic storm ‘Biparjoy’ located over the east-central Arabian Sea intensifed into an extremely severe cyclonic storm at 5.30 am. Pakistan coasts bw Mandvi, Gujarat and Karachi, Pakistan around noon of 15th June as VSCS.” According to IMD, the VSCS ‘Biparjoy’ is likely to move nearly northwards and reach near …

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Cyclone Mocha: Depression in Bay of Bengal to intensify today, Andaman admin issues alert
1 year, 7 months ago

Cyclone Mocha: Depression in Bay of Bengal to intensify today, Andaman admin issues alert

India Today  

A major storm brewing in the southeast Bay of Bengal has begun gathering steam and is expected to intensify into a cyclone today, according to the weather office. As per the India Meteorological Department, the well-marked low-pressure area concentrated into a depression yesterday packing wind speeds of 45 to 55 kmph and gusting to 65 kmph over the south-east Bay …

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Winds clean air up, give Capital its cleanest post-Dussehra AQI
2 years, 2 months ago

Winds clean air up, give Capital its cleanest post-Dussehra AQI

Hindustan Times  

Delhi’s pollution levels dropped sharply on Thursday, on the back of strong winds that gave the city its cleanest post-Dussehra air since at least 2015, when the air quality index was introduced. Rain may help keep Delhi’s air clean Delhi is likely to get some rain on Friday and the weekend, according to forecasts by the India Meteorological Department, which …

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Day after Grap comes into effect, Delhi’s air quality improves
2 years, 2 months ago

Day after Grap comes into effect, Delhi’s air quality improves

Hindustan Times  

Delhi’s pollution levels dropped dramatically on Thursday, on the back of strong winds that gave the city its cleanest post-Dussehra air since at least 2015, when the air quality index was introduced. Data from CPCB shows that last Dussehra, Delhi’s AQI was 198 on October 15, however, emissions from effigy burning led this to worsen to 284 the next day. …

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Air We Breathe | Why does Delhi's AQI take a turn for the worse in October?
2 years, 2 months ago

Air We Breathe | Why does Delhi's AQI take a turn for the worse in October?

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi : From recording one of its cleanest spells of the year in September, Delhi’s air quality takes a turn for the worse in October, with the air quality index quickly touching the ‘very poor’ or even the ‘severe’ category by the end of the month. At the same time, north-westerly winds that transport these emissions generated from stubble …

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Violent storm, showers leave Delhi rattled
2 years, 6 months ago

Violent storm, showers leave Delhi rattled

Hindustan Times  

A violent squall left a trail of damage across much of Delhi on Monday evening, uprooting over 500 trees, countless poles, damaging a host of vehicles, and killing at least two people, as wind speeds touched 100km/hour at the Safdarjung station, officials said. Though not initially forecast, Monday’s short, but intense, thunderstorm was largely attributed to a combination of a …

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Rain in Delhi breaches average monthly mark for first time since February
2 years, 6 months ago

Rain in Delhi breaches average monthly mark for first time since February

Hindustan Times  

A second spell of gusty winds and thunderstorm activity hit the Capital late on Monday night and continued into the early hours of Tuesday as Delhi crossed the monthly average rainfall mark for May, data from India Meteorological Department showed. On Monday, the thunderstorm, which saw wind speeds touch 60 km/hr, also led to 15 flights being diverted from the …

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