By Monte Morin, Los Angeles Times12 October 2012 The worst drought in half a century has plagued two-thirds of the nation, devastating farms and stoking wildfires that scorched almost 9 million acres this year. Withering heat blanketed the East Coast and Midwest, killing scores of people and making July the hottest month ever recorded in […]
By Doyle S. Rice10 October 2012 The number of natural disasters per year has been rising dramatically on all continents since 1980, but the trend is steepest for North America where countries have been battered by hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, searing heat and drought, a new report says. The study being released today by Munich Re, […]
By Paul Brinkmann, with additional reporting by Oscar Pedro Musibay10 August 2012 (South Florida Business Journal) – The city of Miami Beach is vetting a $200 million storm water concept that is one of the first in the nation to respond to sea level rise resulting from global warming. As part of the process, global […]
TOKYO, Oct. 1 (UPI) – Typhoon Jelawat has begun to weaken over Japan after authorities said flooding left two people dead and threatened thousands of others with evacuation. At noon local time Monday, the storm was 56 miles east southeast of Nemuro on the northern island of Hokkaido, moving at 46 mph with winds of […]
By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist28 September 2012 Jelawat in the Western Pacific is forecast to curve across Okinawa and the Japan mainland, bringing flooding rain, monstrous seas, and damaging winds. According to World Weather Expert Jason Nicholls, “It has turned northward as forecast and is projected to turn northeastward this weekend with direct, dangerous […]
By Jason Samenow26 September 2012 Another monster typhoon has spun up in the western Pacific. Following super typhoon Sanba that ripped across Okinawa and then into South Korea, super typhoon Jelawat is also eyeing Okinawa before a possible encounter with Japan. Jelawat is the equivalent of a category-4 hurricane, with peak sustained winds of 150 […]
Contact: Gisela Speidel, gspeidel@hawaii.edu, 808-956-9252, University of Hawaii ‑ SOEST21 September 2012 The tropical cyclones in the Arabian Sea during the pre-monsoon season (May – June) have intensified since 1997 compared to 1979 – 1997. This has been attributed to decreased vertical wind shear due to the dimming effects of increased anthropogenic black carbon and […]
Contact: Peyton Fleming, fleming@ceres.org, 617-247-0700 x 120, 617-733-666020 September 2012 Worsening weather in a warming world poses a growing risk to the financial stability of insurance companies and has broad ramifications for the economy and society, according to a new report. Stormy Future for U.S. Property and Casualty Insurers: The Growing Costs and Risks of […]
By HYUNG-JIN KIM 17 September 2012 SEOUL, South Korea – A powerful typhoon lashed North and South Korea with strong wind and heavy rain Monday, killing at least one person, leaving dozens of others homeless and cutting power to many homes and businesses in the South. In North Korea, rain drenched parts of the country, […]
By Miguel Llanos7 September 2012 (NBC News) – Reefs in the Caribbean and Florida Keys have lost most of the colorful corals that feed a rich ecosystem and made the region a diving and snorkeling mecca, a major conservation group reported Friday. On average, reefs have live coral on just 8 percent of their surface […]
