Super Typhoon Chaba, October 4, 2016. Image source: NASA / Earth Observatory
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When typhoon Chaba landed in Busan around 11 a.m. Wednesday, the waves – some as high as 4 meters – flooded over the breakwater and poured into the streets of high-rise apartment complex Marine City in Haeundae District. Videos posted by residents on social media showed seawater flooding the streets…
Read Full Article, Korea Jongang Daily (10-06-2016)
Hurricane Matthew Continues Destructive Path Toward US, Killing 11 in Caribbean; GMA (10-05-2016)
Hurricane Matthew, the strongest Caribbean storm in almost a decade, barreled toward the Bahamas today with the coastal U.S. lying ahead in its path…
Half of Weather Disasters Linked to Climate Change; National Geographic (11-07-2015)
Human-caused changes in climate played a role in 14 of 28 storms, droughts, and other 2014 extreme weather events investigated by global scientists…
New report finds human-caused climate change increased the severity of many extreme events in 2014, NOAA (11-05-2015)
Human activities, such as greenhouse gas emissions and land use, influenced specific extreme weather and climate events in 2014, including tropical cyclones in the central Pacific, heavy rainfall in Europe, drought in East Africa, and stifling heat waves in Australia, Asia, and South America, according to a new report. The report, “Explaining Extreme Events of 2014 from a Climate Perspective” published by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, addresses the natural and human causes of individual extreme events from around the world in 2014, including Antarctica…
Rare Double Cyclones Sock Australia—Where Else Has This Happened? National Geographic (02-25-2015)
Although a first for the country, double cyclones or hurricanes are not unheard of in other parts of the world. Scientists predict that climate change will reduce the overall number of tropical cyclones, but the most severe storms, category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson scale, will become more common…
Rare Cyclone Heads for Arabia; NASA Earth Observatory (10-31-2015)
Citizens of the arid Arabian Peninsula were bracing for strong winds, a storm surge, and extreme rainfall as Category 4 Cyclone Chapala was forecast to make landfall in Yemen. Only two tropical cyclones have hit the Peninsula since reliable records started in 1979, and Chapala has the potential to be the strongest of them all…
8 Charts That Show How Climate Change Is Making The World More Dangerous; Guardian UK (07-14-2014)
According to a report from the World Meteorological Organisation, natural disasters are occurring nearly five times as often as they were in the 1970s. But some disasters, such as floods and storms, pose a bigger threat than others…
