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  1. US to lose billions of dollars in first half of 2024 due to climate disasters

    US to lose billions of dollars in first half of 2024 due to climate disasters

    The country's top weather agency said in a report released this week that the disasters consisted of 13 severe storms and two winter storms, the Xinhua news agency reported.Winter storms hit the US Midwest and around the Great Lakes in January. Nearly 30 million people in the Midwest and...
  2. How hurricanes will change as Earth warms

    How hurricanes will change as Earth warms

    London, When Hurricane Beryl hit the Grenadine Islands on July 1, its 150 mph winds and impressive storm surge made it the earliest Category 5 storm (the most destructive rating on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale). ) who has seen the tropical Atlantic.An active hurricane season was...
  3. 2 killed, one missing in Swiss landslide: media

    2 killed, one missing in Swiss landslide: media

    Local media said the incident occurred in the Maggia Valley in the canton Ticino and that one person is still missing, Xinhua news agency reported.Storms and heavy rain affected southern and western Switzerland through Saturday evening and overnight.On Sunday morning, Swiss President Viola...
  4. Hail the size of golf balls and even grapes? The science of how tiny ice crystals become dangerously large

    Hail the size of golf balls and even grapes? The science of how tiny ice crystals become dangerously large

    New York, Grapefruit-sized hail shattered the windows of a car in Johnson City, Texas. In June 2024, a storm chaser found hail almost the size of a pineapple. Even larger hailstones have been documented in South Dakota, Kansas and Nebraska. Hail has damaged planes and even broken through the...
  5. China activates Level-IV emergency response to possible floods

    China activates Level-IV emergency response to possible floods

    According to Xinhua news agency report, the headquarters said that from Sunday to Monday, heavy rains or storms are expected in parts of Sichuan Basin, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangxi, Guangdong, Henan, Hubei and Heilongjiang. .The headquarters maintained a Level-IV...
  6. 18 people killed due to tornado in Central America; Millions of people face severe weather-related threats

    18 people killed due to tornado in Central America; Millions of people face severe weather-related threats

    Washington, DC [US], Deadly tornadoes across the central United States have killed one person, including four children, while millions of people face threats of severe weather, CNN reports. More than 109 million people across much of the U.S. were at risk from heavy hail, damaging winds and...
  7. Iowa: Tornado causes many deaths in the Midwest, severe storm leaves a trail of destruction

    Iowa: Tornado causes many deaths in the Midwest, severe storm leaves a trail of destruction

    Iowa [US], A series of destructive tornadoes wreaked havoc across western Iowa on Tuesday, resulting in multiple deaths and widespread destruction in several communities, as severe storms continued across the Midwest, CN reported in the small town of Greenfield, Iowa. told. A devastating tornado...
  8. Disasters to cause more than half a million internal displacements in India in 2023: Report

    Disasters to cause more than half a million internal displacements in India in 2023: Report

    New Delhi: India experienced more than half a million internal displacements due to floods, storms, earthquakes and other disasters in 2023, significantly down from about 2.5 million displacements in 2022, according to a global report released on Tuesday.In Delhi, identified as a "flood...
  9. Geomagnetic storms will continue to hit Earth through Sunday night: NOAA

    Geomagnetic storms will continue to hit Earth through Sunday night: NOAA

    NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) on Friday classified the geomagnetic storm as an "extreme" or G5 storm. ,It is the first G5 storm to hit Earth since 2003 and caused multiple coronal mass ejections, or CMEs.In addition to allowing many skygazers around the world to see the...
  10. Severe solar storm creates rare polar arc in Ladakh sky

    Severe solar storm creates rare polar arc in Ladakh sky

    New Delhi: A reddish glow illuminated the dark sky over parts of Ladakh in a rare steady auroral red arc phenomenon at the Hanle Dark Sky Reserve in the high Himalayas, caused by strong solar magnetic storms projected towards the Earth.According to scientists at the Center for Space Science...
  11. Three people died due to storm in eastern America

    Three people died due to storm in eastern America

    WASHINGTON, DC [US]: At least three people died on Wednesday as severe storms lashed North Carolina, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee regions of the US, bringing heavy rain, winds and hail in some areas. One person died after a tree fell on a vehicle in Claiborne County, northeast...
  12. Supercharged storms: Have we underestimated how climate change causes extreme rainfall and flooding?

    Supercharged storms: Have we underestimated how climate change causes extreme rainfall and flooding?

    In media articles about the unprecedented flooding in Sydney, you will often hear the statement that for every 1°C of warming, the atmosphere can hold about 7% more moisture.This figure comes from research conducted by French engineer Saadi Carnot and published 200 years ago this year.Now we...
  13. Tanzania on alert as Cyclone Hidaya approaches coast

    Tanzania on alert as Cyclone Hidaya approaches coast

    The cyclone, which is moving over the western Indian Ocean with maximum sustained winds of 75 km per hour, is expected to pass the major coastal city of Dar es Salaam late Saturday or early Sunday but will not make direct landfall there, Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)...
  14. America: Four killed in deadly tornado in Oklahoma; Danger is looming over other states!

    America: Four killed in deadly tornado in Oklahoma; Danger is looming over other states!

    OKLAHOMA [US], The US state of Oklahoma was hit by severe storms and high winds over the weekend as a series of tornadoes swept across the Great Plains, killing at least four people including an infant, CNN reported. Officials are warning of the threat of more storms, heavy rain and large hail...
  15. Mid-summer showers forecast in parts of Andhra Pradesh next week

    Mid-summer showers forecast in parts of Andhra Pradesh next week

    Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh), Amid the scorching heat, the weather department on Sunday predicted storms with lightning in parts of Andhra Pradesh for four days from Monday.It has predicted storm with lightning at isolated places in North Coastal Andhra Pradesh (NCAP) and Yanam on Monday and...
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