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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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.…
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…