Flood forecasting and early warning systems
A global initiative is gaining momentum to improve multi-hazard early warning systems and so boost the resilience of the most vulnerable countries to extreme weather and the impacts of climate…
Efforts to improve warnings are yielding results – but alerts are still coming too late, experts say. By Amantha Perera COLOMBO, May 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Last Friday, mobile…
Governments of 100 countries still lack disaster early warning systems that could save lives, says the United Nations By Sophie Hares CANCUN, Mexico, May 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Governments…
A regional organisation is warning of the dire consequences faced by many Pacific nations in the face of a possible El Niño in 2017 and urged countries to start planning…
Climate change, associated extreme weather and demographic shifts means that record numbers of people are exposed to floods, heatwaves and other hazards. 19 May 2017 – Climate change, associated extreme…
A team of scientists from Sapienza University in Rome, Italy, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, has developed a new approach to assist in the ongoing development of…
A major global initiative to improve the generation and use of early warnings against extreme weather, earthquakes and a cascading range of hazards has been launched with a powerful plea from…
The Government of Bangladesh has recently signed a $113 million financing agreement with the World Bank to modernize the country’s meteorological and hydrological information system, including weather forecasting, early warning…
Misleading El Niño flood information could be putting lives at risk and resulting in misdirected disaster relief, new research suggests. The new study, published on Wednesday 15 March in Nature…
The Afghanistan Meteorological Department (AMD) has reconnected with the world in a move which will help to improve the country’s hydrometeorological hazard early warning systems, according to the World Meteorological…
The Indian National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in Puducherry recently carried out an exercise to assess the preparedness and response mechanism of the Union Territory administration in the event of…
Improvements in forecasting tropical cyclones and reducing associated hazards to life and property are being discussed at the annual meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia…
A national emergency communication network is to be established to strengthen early warning systems for disasters at the local level. This has been disclosed by Minister of Local Government and…
The Arctic has been losing sea ice over the past several decades as Earth warms. However, each year, as the sea ice starts to melt in the spring following its…
A project has kicked-off in London that will create artificial storms to help predict worst-case scenarios for coastal flooding. Using computer models to make real storms more extreme, this National…
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Regional Association for Asia is holding its four-yearly session, amid warnings that the region – which stretches from the Arctic to the Equator over the…
