In a reduced climate budget, Newsom cuts drought spending and pivots to flood control

2023-05-12T21:13+0200sanluisobispo (en)

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to the media at Hansen Ranches south of Corcoran, Calif., in April. He announced his revised budget on Friday. María G. Ortiz-Briones mortizbriones@vidaenelvalle.com After record-breaking winter rain and snow, California Gov.

In a reduced climate budget, Newsom cuts drought spending and pivots to flood control

2023-05-12T20:13+0200fresnobee (en)

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to the media at Hansen Ranches south of Corcoran, Calif., in April. He announced his revised budget on Friday. María G. Ortiz-Briones mortizbriones@vidaenelvalle.com After record-breaking winter rain and snow, California Gov.

Sierra Leone - Severe weather, floods and landslides (NOAA-CPC, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 12 May 2023)

2023-05-12T14:11+0200reliefWeb (en)

Heavy rainfall has affected the Freetown City area (north-western Sierra Leone ) in the past few days, causing severe weather-related incidents, floods and landslides that resulted in casualties and damage. According to media reports, six people died, and two others were injured following a flood event, and another died after a mudslide.

El Niño is coming: What it means for California weather

2023-05-11T21:22+0200mercurynews (en)

El Niño conditions — a warming of ocean waters off South America that can alter weather across the globe, from hurricanes to droughts, including California’s summer temperatures and the amount of rain it might receive next winter — are emerging in the Pacific Ocean for the first time in 4 years.

El Niño is coming: What it means for California weather

2023-05-11T21:22+0200eastbaytimes (en)

El Niño conditions — a warming of ocean waters off South America that can alter weather across the globe, from hurricanes to droughts, including California’s summer temperatures and the amount of rain it might receive next winter — are emerging in the Pacific Ocean for the first time in 4 years.

Cracks, hacks, attacks: California's vulnerable water system faces many threats

2023-05-11T10:23+0200eagletribune (en)

On a February morning in 2021, a water treatment plant operator in Oldsmar, Florida, noticed something unusual: An unidentified user had remotely accessed the plant's computer system and was moving the mouse around the screen. The operator watched as the intruder clicked into various software....

Este año Tabasco no tendría problemas severos de inundación: Conagua

2023-05-10T06:40+0200xevt (es)

La Dirección Local de la Comisión Nacional del Agua ( Conagua Tabasco , estimó que para este año 2023, Tabasco no tendrá problemas severos de inundaciones similares a las ocurridas en 2020. Previo al inicio de la Temporada de Lluvias y Ciclones Tropicales el próximo 15 de mayo, el titular de la....

California will be cool and wet in May. Here’s what more rain means for drought conditions

2023-05-05T14:03+0200fresnobee (en)

Meteorologists forecast that May will bring above-normal rainfall and chilly weather to parts of California, and it could be just what the state needs to shake its remaining drought conditions. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , there’s a 50% to 60% chance weather in....

Tulare Lake Flooding Due to Snowpack Melt Seen From Space

2023-05-05T12:15+0200newsweek-USA (en)

The long-dried basin of Lake Tulare in California has rapidly refilled in the wake of intense rainfall and snowmelt. The speed and scale of the southern San Joaquin Valley lake's return can be seen in images taken from space by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on NASA 's Landsat 8 satellite, and....