Tanzania – 22 Died in Tropical Cyclone Jobo Floods Says Red Cross
Following recent damage assessments, the Red Cross reports that as many as 22 people died and over 30,000 were affected in Tanzania following the passage of Tropical Cyclone Jobo in…
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Tropical Cyclone Alcide’s Rainfall Observed by NASA
The Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean and analyzed the rainfall occurring in pre-season Tropical Cyclone Alcide. Tropical cyclone Alcide (03S), the…
Many Low-Lying Atoll Islands Could Be Uninhabitable by Mid-21st Century – USGS
Sea-level rise and wave-driven flooding will negatively impact freshwater resources on many low-lying atoll islands in such a way that many could be uninhabitable in just a few decades. According…
World Tsunami Awareness Day, November 2016
After the harrowing impact of tsunamis on coastal areas around the Indian Ocean in December 2004 that killed up to 230,000 people, and on the Japanese coast in March 2011…
US Contributes $30 Million to Climate Risk Insurance for Small Island States
PARIS, Dec 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The United States will contribute $30 million to climate risk insurance schemes in the Pacific, Central America and Africa, President Barack Obama announced…
Seychelles and COP21 – “Strong Climate Agreement Is Important to Our Survival”
The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report of 2014 predicted that the world’s sea levels would rise between 30 to 90 centimetres by 2100. For the Seychelles,…
Seychelles and El Niño
Scientists at the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) have said that it is highly likely that the weather phenomenon known as El Niño will occur in the next few months, warning…
Sea Level Rise Is Biggest Threat to Small Islands
Climate change experts have predicted that rising sea levels affecting the world’s 52 small island states, will be as much as four times higher than the rest of the world.…
Seychelles – EU Fund to Prevent Mosquito Borne Diseases
The EU is contributing to efforts to eliminate the breeding grounds of mosquitoes and prevent mosquito borne diseases on the three most populated islands of the Seychelles affected by recent…
