Local officials in the French territory Mayotte fear as many as 1,000 people have died after Tropical Cyclone Chido hit the island off the coast of Mozambique on Saturday. Aerial footage released by the Gendarmerie Nationale shows entire neighborhoods flattened. (Source: Gendarmerie Nationale via Associated Press)
Archiv: Stürme (planetare Atmosphären) / storms (planetary atmospheres)
Mayotte authorities race to help survivors after deadly cyclone
Authorities in Mayotte were racing on Tuesday to get food and water to residents stricken by the weekend‘s devastating cyclone and fighting to stop hunger, disease and lawlessness spreading in the French overseas territory, officials said.
Hundreds or even thousands could be dead in the wreckage of Cyclone Chido, they said. The storm laid waste to large parts of the archipelago off east Africa, which is France‘s poorest overseas territory.
Hurricane Lee on path for New England and Canada with Category 1 storm expected to be „large and dangerous“
The Category 1 storm, which grew at one point last week to Category 5 strength, was expected to „remain a very large and dangerous cyclone“ as it continued on a trajectory north, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Storm Daniel causes devastation in Libya’s Derna
Two water dams in Libya’s eastern city of Derna collapsed simultaneously during Storm Daniel, unleashing millions cubic metres of water that caused devastating floods in the city. Over 5,000 people were killed and around 10,000 others are reported missing as several buildings washed away by flood waters.
RECORD BREAKING: More than 400 tornadoes in the first three months of 2023
According to the National Weather Service, 466 tornadoes have struck since the beginning of the year. That’s the highest number since they started keeping track in 1950.
Death toll rises to at least 55 as freezing temperatures and heavy snow wallop swaths of U.S.
Stretching from the Great Lakes near Canada to the Rio Grande along the Mexican border, the storm has killed at least 55 people as of Monday morning, according to an NBC News tally. The deaths were recorded in 12 states: Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Wisconsin.
Cold Records Shattered Across Canada, Driving Energy Usage To All-Time Highs; Extreme Freeze Sweeps U.S.; Blizzards Hit Hawaii; + Wintry Weather Traps 300 Oil Workers On North Sea Rig
(December 21, 2022)
As hinted at above, Mauna Loa began erupting on Nov 27 and stopped on Dec 13.
It was the first time it has actively erupted since 1984 (solar minimum of cycle 20) — and is a sign of the times…
Volcanic eruptions are one of the key climatic forcings driving Earth into its next bout of global cooling. They have been shown to increase in both number and explosivity during times of prolonged solar decline, which is thought to be due to an influx of cosmic rays (CRs) penetrating/exciting silica-rich magma. During solar mins the Sun’s magnetic field weakens and the outward pressure of the solar wind decreases, which allows more CRs to enter the inner solar system, including our planet’s atmosphere.
Cold Wave Grips East Asia, Felling All-Time Snowfall Records Across Japan; Historic Snow In Moscow; + Christmas Freeze: Extreme Cold/Snow To Blast North America Over The Holidays
(December 19, 2022)
The COLD TIMES are returning, North America, in line with historically low solar activity.
Death toll from winter storm rises to at least 31
The storm brought hurricane-force winds and created whiteout conditions as it battered the area. A bomb cyclone, which happens when atmospheric pressure drops sharply in a strong storm, developed over the Great Lakes.
The storm has sent temperatures well below freezing in much of the country.
NYC Homecoming Concert Canceled Due to Hurricane
The remainder of We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert has been canceled due to severe weather caused by Hurricane Henri.
Convention on the prohibition of military or any hostile use of environmental modification techniques, 10 December 1976.
Understanding relating to article II
It is the understanding of the Committee that the following examples are illustrative of phenomena that could be caused by the use of environmental modification techniques as defined in article II of the Convention: earthquakes; tsunamis; an upset in the ecological balance of a region; changes in weather patterns (clouds, precipitation, cyclones of various types and tornadic storms); changes in climate patterns; changes in ocean currents; changes in the state of the ozone layer; and changes in the state of the ionosphere.
Guatemala’s government slashed $25 million from healthcare and education — just days after Hurricane Eta battered its poorest communities. The people are rising up. PI member @MSICG : “We demand a Constituent Assembly. This dictatorship has failed us.”
Protesters in Guatemala Set Fire to Congress Building Over Spending Cuts
Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Guatemala’s capital on Saturday, setting fire to the nation’s congressional building in a show of anger over a budget bill passed this week that cut funding for health care and education.
The demonstrations in Guatemala City, which also included peaceful marches in the central plaza, rocked a nation still recovering from back-to-back hurricanes that displaced thousands of people, destroyed homes and obliterated critical infrastructure.
Guatemala: Demonstranten setzen Parlament in Brand
Die Demonstranten riefen den Staatschef zudem dazu auf, sein Veto gegen den Haushalt einzulegen. Das Parlament, das von Giammatteis Partei und deren Verbündeten dominiert wird, hatte diese Woche das Milliardenbudget im Schnellverfahren und ohne öffentliche Debatte verabschiedet. Es bürdet dem Land hohe Schulden auf.
Researchers find link between Atlantic hurricanes and weather system in East Asia
(11.08.2020)
In the new study, the U.S. National Science Foundation-funded researchers say that a stronger East Asian Subtropical Jet Stream (EASJ) is associated with fewer Atlantic tropical cyclones.
The EASJ is an upper-level river of wind that originates in East Asia and moves west to east across the globe. It carries with it an atmospheric phenomenon called a Rossby wave.
Rossby waves occur naturally in the Earth‘s oceans and atmosphere, forming because of the planet‘s rotation
Typhoon unleashes rain, strong winds on southwest Japan
yphoon Haishen drew closer to Japan‘s southern mainland on Sunday, cutting power and prompting authorities to recommend evacuation and warn of potentially record rainfall, unprecedented wind, high tides and large ocean swells.
Authorities urged early evacuation for more than 100,000 households in the southern island prefecture of Okinawa and in Kagoshima, Kumamoto and Nagasaki on Kyushu, Japan‘s main southern island, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA).
Cyclone Amphan live updates: Storm nears West Bengal‘s Digha, landfall to start from 4pm onwards
15:19 (IST), May 20
Cyclone only 100km from West Bengal‘s Digha
The „extremely severe“ cyclonic storm Amphan is only 100km from Digha in West Bengal, where it is slated to make a landfall in a few hours, and is whirling at a speed of at least 160 km per hour gusting to 180 kmp. (IANS)
Zyklon vor Indien und Bangladesch: „Zwei Katastrophen zur gleichen Zeit“
Der Super-Zyklon „Amphan“ soll heute auf die Küstengebiete von Indien und Bangladesch treffen.
Global storms on Mars shoot dust towers up into the air
Water vapor appears on Mars today as thin, wispy clouds.
19 dead, 16 missing, over 100 injured after typhoon rips through Japan
Rescue operations were under way in central, eastern and northeastern regions that were hit by floods and landslides. The Defense Ministry has mobilized some 27,000 Self-Defense Force personnel for rescue and relief operations across the country.
Earthquake strikes Tokyo as typhoon hits
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake was felt throughout Tokyo overnight just as Typhoon Hagibis, the largest storm to hit Japan in over half a century, made landfall as a Category 2 storm west of Tokyo. Ramy Inocencio reports.
28 dead after Typhoon Lekima lands in east China
A total of 28 people died and 20 remain missing after super typhoon Lekima made landfall in east China‘s Zhejiang Province on Saturday, local authorities said on Sunday morning.
Most of the deaths occurred in Yongjia County, administered by Wenzhou City, where torrential downpours caused a landslide that blocked rivers.
22 wegen Taifuns in Zhejiang ums Leben gekommen
Der Taifun Lekima, der neunte des Jahres, landete am Samstag in der Stadt Wenling. In allen Teilen der Provinz Zhejiang wurden Rettungs- und Aufräumarbeiten durchgeführt.
Convention on the prohibition of military or any hostile use of environmental modification techniques, 10 December 1976.
Understanding relating to article II
It is the understanding of the Committee that the following examples are illustrative of phenomena that could be caused by the use of environmental modification techniques as defined in article II of the Convention: earthquakes; tsunamis; an upset in the ecological balance of a region; changes in weather patterns (clouds, precipitation, cyclones of various types and tornadic storms); changes in climate patterns; changes in ocean currents; changes in the state of the ozone layer; and changes in the state of the ionosphere.
Kennen Sie eigentlich die ENMOD-Konvention gegen Wetterwaffen aus dem Jahre 1976?
(11.9.2011)
Ausdrücklich erwähnt werden:
– Erdbeben oder Veränderungen der Erdkruste
– Tsunamis
– Wetterphänomene wie Zyklone, Tornados, Wolkenbildung, Niederschlag/Regen
– Störung der ökologischen Balance einer Region
– Beeinflussung der Meeresströmungen, usw
Und das war 1976.
Schiff mit solidarischer Hilfe aus Venezuela in Havanna angekommen
Ein Schiff der Flotte Venezuelas mit Baumaterialien und anderen Ressourcen ist am heutigen Freitag in der kubanischen Hauptstadt angekommen, um die Aufbauarbeiten nach dem Tornado vom 27. Januar zu unterstützen.
Wild weather: Hurricanes, tsunamis and quakes threaten millions
(today) A POWERFUL series of quakes, hurricanes, tsunamis and other storm systems are rattling the globe in the wake of almost a thousands deaths in Indonesia.
Pres. Moon again orders gov‘t to do everything to minimize damage from Typhoon Soulik
As the storm continues to affect the country, everyone in Korea is bracing for the worst. Channeling all his energy into ensuring the nation‘s safety, President Moon Jae-in urged all-out measures to minimize the damage from the force of nature.
HIDOE closing all Hawaii Island, Maui County schools and offices ahead of impacts from Hurricane Lane
All Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) schools and offices on Hawaii Island and in Maui County will be closed Wednesday, Aug. 22, until further notice, in anticipation of dangerous storm conditions from Hurricane Lane.
Hurricane Lane is the biggest weather threat to Hawaii in decades
More than 1 million people in Hawaii are already seeing the first signs of Hurricane Lane, a Category 4 cyclone that could become the first major hurricane to make landfall there in 26 years.
Powerful typhoon on course to hit Korea this week
The typhoon is expected to hit southern Japan on Wednesday and the peninsula‘s southern coast on Thursday morning. The southwestern city of Yeosu is expected to bear the brunt of the typhoon.
Über zwei Millionen Menschen ohne Strom
00:20 Uhr+ “Sandy” nur noch ein schwerer Sturm +
Während “Sandy” immer noch mit Windgeschwindigkeiten von 85 Meile in der Stunde über die amerikanische Ostküste fegt, wird “Sandy” nicht mehr als ein Hurrikan kassifiziert, berichtete das National Hurricane Center kurz nach Mitternacht in einem Update. Die Agentur begründete die Rückstufung zu einem Sturm, da „Sandy beginnt seine tropischen Eigenschaften zu verlieren.“
`Sandy` legt New York lahm
375 000 Bewohnern der Millionenstadt mussten wegen des drohenden Hurrikans ihre Häuser verlassen. Das ordnete New Yorks Bürgermeister Michael Bloomberg am Sonntag an. Betroffen sind vor allem die niedriger gelegenen Stadtteile im Süden Manhattans.
Am Montag wird an der Börse in New York limitiert , meldet die Nachrichtenagentur AFP. Sitzungspause auch für Diplomaten aus aller Welt: Wegen des nahenden Hurrikans «Sandy» bleibt das Hauptquartier der Vereinten Nationen in New York am Montag zu.