By John Dorschner9 November 2013 (Miami Herald) – While most residents in South Florida still have no worries that global warming could dramatically lower housing prices, land-use attorney Sam Poole has already developed a plan to sell his house in a low-lying Fort Lauderdale neighborhood. Poole has heard some scientists predict that the first financial […]
17 November 2013 (UNOCHA) – According to Government estimates, Typhoon Haiyan (known locally as Yolanda) has affected between 10 million and 12.9 million people in nine regions, with nearly 40 per cent of affected people from Central Visayas. Estimates of affected people have decreased slightly in the last day as Government agencies continue to validate […]
GAROWE, Somalia, 16 November 2013 (Garowe Online) – The survivors of a severe cyclonic storm that rammed into Somalia’s northeastern region of Puntland are desperate for food, medicines, and clean water but, with so much anxiety and chaos in the hardest-hit areas, the distribution is limited, Garowe Online reports. Despite the efforts of Puntland government, […]
By Christopher Bodeen and Kristen Gelineau, with additional reporting by Christopher Bodeen from Beijing 16 November 2013 TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) – Since the typhoon hit, Danny Estember has been hiking three hours round-trip into the mountains each day to obtain what he can only hope is clean water for his five daughters and two sons. […]
By Michael Mann 16 November 2013 (ecowatch.com) – It is with a heavy heart and a respectful hand that I write this. Super Typhoon Haiyan has only just passed, and the devastation cannot yet even be fully understood. With that in mind, please consider a donation to the Philippine Red Cross. But that will only […]
16 November 2013 (UNOCHA) – Government agencies estimate that between 9 to 13 million people have been affected by Typhoon Haiyan (locally known as Yolanda) across nine regions. About 18 per cent (2.3 million people) of the total affected population is concentrated in Eastern Visayas, Western Visayas and Central Visayas regions. Figures are expected to […]
By Calum MacLeod16 November 2013 TACLOBAN, Philippines (USA TODAY) – Slicing up a steaming pig, the Lloren family quickly attracted buyers in central Tacloban on a street wrecked by Typhoon Haiyan. After a week of hell, with no cooked food nor any emergency relief, hungry residents gratefully seized the chance Thursday to buy their favorite […]
By Caitlin Werrell and Francesco Femia13 November 2013 (Climate and Security) – U.S. naval installations are built at sea level. Sea level rise, therefore, leads to an increasing set of complications for these installations. You don’t have to look further than Norfolk, Virginia to see this reality playing out. Sea level rise also potentially adds […]
By Andrew Freedman14 November 2013 (Climate Central) – Unless it acts quickly, the U.S. faces the likelihood of a “catastrophic” reduction in weather and climate data starting in 2016, resulting in less reliable weather and climate forecasts, a federally-commissioned review panel said on Thursday. The review team, which was comprised of veterans of the weather, […]
By Nancy Snyderman, Harry Smith and F. Brinley Bruton11 November 2013 TACLOBAN, Philippines (NBC News) – Aid workers and emergency officials warned that there had been no contact with many typhoon-hit parts of the Philippines more than three days after one of the most violent storms to ever make landfall slammed into the country. Tacloban, […]
