Thailand – Deadly Floods Hit South for Second Time in a Month
Flooding has affected at least 8 provinces in the south of Thailand. Thousands have been affected and at least 6 people have died. The rains – unusually heavy for this…
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Malaysia – 25,000 Evacuate Floods in Terengganu and Kelantan
Floods have forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes in several states of peninsula Malaysia, in particular Terengganu and Kelantan, where levels of at least 5 rivers are above…
Turkey – Deadly Floods Hit Mersin Province
Heavy rain that began on 28 December has caused severe flooding in the province of Mersin, southern Turkey. One of the worst hit areas was the coastal city of Mersin.…
Philippines – NASA Maps Typhoon Nock-Ten’s Rainfall
NASA has added up the large amounts of rainfall generated throughout the life of the once Super-typhoon Nock-ten from its birth to its entrance into the South China Sea on…
Philippines – Several Dead as Typhoon Nock-Ten Brings Strong Winds and Flooding
Typhoon Nock-Ten severely disrupted Christmas festivities in parts of the Philippines, bringing with it strong winds, heavy rain and some flooding, particularly in Occidental Mindoro province in Mimaropa Region. Calapan,…
Indonesia – 100,000 Evacuate Floods in West Nusa Tenggara
Parts of West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, were hit by two floods in the space of a few days, forcing over 100,000 people from their homes. The floods hit on…
NASA Spots Tropical Storm Nock-Ten Intensify
NASA’s Aqua satellite flew over the Northwestern Pacific Ocean and captured a visible image of Tropical Storm Nock-ten after it strengthened from a tropical depression. On Dec. 22 at 0348…
Human-Influenced Climate Change Behind 2015 Floods in South East China but not Chennai, Says Report
New research published in a special edition of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society identified evidence for human-influenced climate change for several heatwaves, record-low Arctic sea ice, Alaska’s intense…
NASA Finds a Lifetime of Heavy Rainfall From Tropical Cyclone Vardah
NASA gathered rainfall data on Tropical Cyclone Vardah from its birth in the Bay of Bengal through its mNASA gathered rainfall data on Tropical Cyclone Vardah from its birth in…
Indonesia – 5 Dead After Floods and Landslides in North Sulawesi
At least 5 people died in floods and landslides in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province. Several days of heavy rain that began on 15 December triggered floods and landslides in the…
Philippines – Floods in Samar Leave One Dead, 50,000 Displaced
Floods have affected thousands of families in Samar Island, Philippines, after a period of heavy rain that began on 16 December, 2016. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported…
Children Take the Lead in Cyclone Early Warnings in Bangladesh
COX’s BAZAR, Bangladesh, Dec 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As Cyclone Roanu approached the coast of Bangladesh last May, 10-year-old Mohammad Hossain worried about his father, a fisherman out at…
India – 10 Dead After Cyclone Vardah Hits Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh
Tropical Cyclone Vardah made landfall near near Chennai, Tamil Nadu state, India on 12 December, 2016. National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) reports that at least 10 people have died in…
Climate Refugees in South Asia Need Protection, Advocates Say
NEW YORK, Dec 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – People forced to leave their homes because of climate change in South Asia should get the same protections given to political refugees,…
India – NASA Spots Tropical Cyclone Vardah’s Off-Center Strength
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite captured an image of Tropical Cyclone Vardah that showed strongest storms expanding west of the center. On Dec. 9 the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)…
Vietnam – Deadly Floods Strike Central Region for Third Time in 8 Weeks
Deadly floods have struck in central Vietnam for the third time in 8 weeks.Heavy rain has been falling in some central areas since 31 November, with Quang Ngai city recording…
