Overall Green Flood alert for India in India from 09 May 2022 01:00 UTC to 20 May 2022 01:00 UTC

Climate change increases probability of heatwaves by a factor of 30: WWA study

2022-05-24T14:07+0200livemint (en)

NEW DELHI : According to a new study by World Weather Attribution (WWA) on ‘The impact of Climate Change on the heatwaves in India and Pakistan’, the 2022 heatwave is estimated to have led to at least 90 deaths and triggered an extreme glacial lake outburst flood in northern Pakistan and forest fires in India.

Fierce heat wave in India and Pakistan 30 times more likely because of climate change

2022-05-23T21:05+0200news-yahoo (en)

This spring's punishing heat wave in India and Pakistan, which has caused widespread human suffering and affected global wheat supplies, was about 30 times more likely to happen because of human-caused climate change, according a new analysis Monday. So far, the heat wave is estimated to have caused....

Fierce heat wave in India and Pakistan 30 times more likely because of climate change

2022-05-23T20:56+0200azcentral (en)

The heatwave is estimated to have caused at least 90 deaths across India and Pakistan. "Across much of both countries, people had little relief for weeks on end." March 2022 was the hottest March India has recorded since record-keeping began 120 years ago.

India and Pakistan heat wave 30 times more likely because of climate change World

2022-05-23T20:43+0200usaToday (en)

The heatwave is estimated to have caused at least 90 deaths across India and Pakistan. "Across much of both countries, people had little relief for weeks on end." March 2022 was the hottest March India has recorded since record-keeping began 120 years ago.

Climate crisis link to March-April heatwave

2022-05-23T20:25+0200HindustanTimes (en)

The March-April spring heatwave spell in India and Pakistan was about 30 times more likely to happen because of human-caused climate change, a rapid attribution analysis by an international team of leading climate scientists who are part of the World Weather Attribution network said on Monday.

Flood / Flood takes 9 lives so far in Sylhet division

2022-05-23T19:48+0200newagebd (en)

The Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room at the Directorate General of Health Services said that flooding and its associated causes so far killed six in Sylhet and three in Sunamganj districts. Five of the deaths in Sylhet were caused by drowning while landslide killed another during....

Flooding in India, Bangladesh leaves millions displaced and dozens dead May 22 Updated

2022-05-23T06:07+0200theglobeandmail (en)

Heavy pre-monsoon rains in India and Bangladesh have washed away train stations, towns and villages, leaving millions of people homeless as extreme weather events, including heat waves, intense rainfall and floods, become more common in South Asia. More than 60 people have been killed in days of....

Millions displaced, dozens dead in flooding in India, Bangladesh

2022-05-23T05:39+0200bdnews24 (en)

More than 60 people have been killed in days of flooding, landslides and thunderstorms that have left many people without food and drinking water and have isolated them by cutting off the internet, according to officials. The devastation in India ’s northeast, one of the worst affected regions, has submerged railway tracks, bridges and roads.

Millions left homeless and dozens killed as heavy rains hit India and Bangladesh

2022-05-22T23:30+0200irishtimes (en)

Pre-monsoon downpours have washed away train stations, towns and villages. Villagers make their way on a raft past homes in a flooded area after heavy rains in Nagaon district, Assam state, India , on Saturday. Photograph: Biju Boro/AFP via Getty Images Heavy pre-monsoon rains in and Bangladesh....

Millones de desplazados y decenas de muertos por inundaciones en India y Bangladesh

2022-05-22T13:42+0200esdelatino-com (es)

NUEVA DELHI — Las fuertes lluvias premonzónicas en India y Bangladesh han arrasado estaciones de tren, pueblos y aldeas, dejando a millones de personas sin hogar a medida que los fenómenos meteorológicos extremos, incluidas olas de calor, lluvias intensas e inundaciones, se vuelven más comunes en el sur de Asia.

Rains to bring respite to northwest India, peak intensity on May 23: IMD

2022-05-21T20:04+0200HindustanTimes (en)

After a long spell of a heatwave across the country, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has finally come up with a breather on Saturday. According to the weather department, a wet spell is forecasted over northwest and east India from May 21 to May 24, which will reach peak intensity on May 23.

Sylhet, Sunamganj: Troubles mount as more areas flooded

2022-05-19T20:45+0200thedailystarBD (en)

Police said three children were killed and eight other people injured by lightning strikes in Sundarpahari village of Sunamganj's Tahirpur upazila yesterday while they were harvesting peanut in a field submerged in flood water. According to officials, all 13 upazilas of Sylhet and five out of 11 in....

Flood worsens, batters people in north-east Bangladesh

2022-05-19T19:55+0200newagebd (en)

The continued onrush of water from upstream kept filling power sub-stations that authorities tried to drain after two or three days of their closure. Power was restored to some flood-affected areas in Sylhet City Corporation but with chances of disruption anytime, officials said.

Flood worsens, batters people in north-east

2022-05-19T19:32+0200newagebd (en)

A pickup van carries a boat on a road inundated by water of the River Surma in Shahjalal Upashahar area in Sylhet city on Thursday. — Sony Ramany. Frequent thunderstorms, extreme rain and a massive flash flood have left the residents of the country’s north-east fighting natural disasters on many fronts.

Nearly 60 million people forced to flee homes in 2021

2022-05-19T09:49+0200RTERadio (en)

Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said today. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 - an all-time record....

SA's flooding leaves survivors traumatised, homeless

2022-05-19T08:31+0200thetimes-za (en)

When Nozipho Sithole closes her eyes to sleep, she still hears the screams of her neighbour's two young children as they were swept away by the floodwaters that killed hundreds of people in SA last month. Like Sithole, many of those living in a community hall in the eastern city of Durban are haunted by what they saw, and what they lost.

South Africa flooding victims traumatised and homeless

2022-05-19T04:02+0200trust (en)

Recent floods left thousands homeless as they battle the mental scars that make finding work an ongoing struggle Floods leave more than 6,000 people homeless; Many victims traumatised, unable to look for work; Counselling vital to recovery efforts, say experts. By Kim Harrisberg.

President urges South Asian nations to work together

2022-05-18T15:21+0200newagebd (en)

President Md Abdul Hamid. -- BSS photo. President Md Abdul Hamid on Wednesday called upon the South Asian countries to work together for an equitable solution to climate change and food security. ‘Climate change and food security is a never-ending problem...

President urges South Asian nations to work together on climate, food security

2022-05-18T14:28+0200bssnews (en)

DHAKA, May 18, 2022 (BSS) - President M Abdul Hamid today called upon the South Asian countries to work together for an equitable solution to climate change and food security. “Climate change and food security is a never-ending problem... Strict measures are needed to reduce the adverse effects of....

Nearly 10 dead, 4 lakh affected in Assam floods; deluge in Bengaluru; water war over Yamuna: 5 points

2022-05-18T08:18+0200financialexpress (en)

India Weather News May 18 Updates : Scientists and environmentalists have been warning about the extreme weather conditions due to worsening climate crisis and the present situation across India seems to testify that. While the Gangetic plains are experience another spell of heatwave, Assam is witnessing yet another year of floods and landslides.

In Folk Songs Live The Imagery Of Flood And Farmland

2022-05-18T08:18+0200outlookindia (en)

Musharaf Khan, 41, is a school teacher in the Barpeta district, about 95 kilometres from Guwahati. Until a decade ago, he lived in Tarabari char (sand bar) along the Brahmaputra and cultivated jute, rice and vegetable. However, over the past ten years, Khan has been a climate refugee, shifting from....

Sylhet city under water as flood situation worsens

2022-05-18T06:08+0200thefinancialexpress (en)

SYLHET: The flood situation in Sylhet worsened further during the last 24 hours with the rise in water level in the Surma and Kushiyara rivers. Many areas in the Sylhet city including the Shahjalal Upashahar area, Masimpur, Sobhanighat, Teroratan, Kalighat, Chhararpar, Sheikhghat, Kazirbazar, Taltola, Kushighat, Mendibag etc went under water.

Global Warming Shows Alarming Surge But World Sitting Smug

2022-05-16T06:01+0200menafn (en)

- Gulf Times) Unprecedented floods and landslides in South Africa and a blistering heatwave across India and Pakistan are just a few examples of the devastating impacts of global warming. Scientists are of the view that the natural calamity experienced in and around Durban last month was made twice as likely by global warming.

VIDEO: Inundación por deshielo de glaciar ...

2022-05-14T20:01+0200zocalo (es)

Pakistán.- La ministra de Cambio Climático, Sherry Rehman, informó que un puente de Hassanabab, en el norte de Pakistán, se desplomó a causa de una voraz inundación , que a su vez fue provocada por el deshielo de un glaciar , a causa de una ola de calor.

Inundación por deshielo de un glaciar provoca derrumbe de un puente en Pakistán

2022-05-14T17:28+0200milenio (es)

La ministra de Cambio Climático, Sherry Rehman, informó que un puente de Hassanabab, en el norte de Pakistán se desplomó a causa de una voraz inundación, que a su vez fue provocada por el deshielo de un glaciar, a causa de una ola de calor. Según un estudio de la ONG Germanwatch, Pakistán es muy....

Inside the Met’s nerve centre, tracking Cyclone Asani and the nationwide heatwave

2022-05-14T06:39+0200moneycontrol (en)

After a while, the front office assistant asks us all to wait for a few minutes. The officials are busier than usual because of the developments surrounding the cyclone, he explains. A few journalists are glued to three big screens that display real-time info on the weather.

Heatwaves Are Altering Our Everyday Lives

2022-05-13T22:10+0200cleantechnica (en)

A May, 2022 report asks us to stop looking backward to see if pre-industrial eras had heatwaves. Instead, we need to look at adaptation decision-making in the face of unprecedented future heat. Chicago set a new record for warmest temperatures ever recorded on May 11, when O’Hare International Airport hit .

Climate change made deadly S. Africa rains twice as likely

2022-05-13T14:34+0200terradaily (en)

Rainfall that caused catastrophic floods and landslides last month in and around Durban, South Africa, was made twice as likely by global warming, scientists said Friday. An exceptional downpour -- more than 35 centimetres (14 inches) over two days -- on April 11-12 claimed hundreds of lives and caused $1.

Unyielding heatwaves: Temperatures may soar to 50°C as conditions worsen over northwest India, Pakistan

2022-05-13T14:19+0200downtoearth (en)

Heatwave conditions in northwest India and Pakistan are set to worsen over the next two-three days, peaking on May 14, 2022 (Saturday), according to the meteorological office of the United Kingdom. The sun directly overhead central India and heat getting trapped by air compression may be behind the gruellling weather, the weather agency observed.

Climate change made KZN's deadly rains twice as likely, scientists say

2022-05-13T13:49+0200eyewitness-news (en)

PARIS - Rainfall that caused catastrophic floods and landslides last month in and around Durban was made twice as likely by global warming, scientists said on Friday. An exceptional downpour, more than 35 centimetres over two days, on 11-12 April claimed hundreds of lives and caused $1.

13/05/2022 Climate change made deadly S. Africa rains twice as likely

2022-05-13T13:15+0200rfi-en (en)

An exceptional downpour -- more than 35 centimetres (14 inches) over two days -- on April 11-12 claimed hundreds of lives and caused $1.5 billion in damage across the provinces KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape. Without climate change, rain of this intensity would happen roughly once every 40 years,....

Partes de Pakistán y el noroeste de India soportarán 50 ºC

2022-05-13T12:44+0200tiempo-es (es)

El calor extremo plantea riesgos de salud para las comunidades locales y se suma a la amenaza de impactos ambientales más amplios, como incendios forestales y la amenaza de que los lagos glaciares creen inundaciones repentinas Hace 1 hora 6 min Partes del noroeste de India y Pakistán podrían....

Ondata di calore in India e Pakistan, nel weekend attesi più...

2022-05-13T11:46+0200rinnovabili (it)

Il record assoluto di caldo per la regione risale al 2016, quando nel Rajastan indiano si toccarono 51°C. Già nel fine settimana i termometri potrebbero sfiorare quella temperatura. L’ondata di calore in Asia meridionale è iniziata a marzo. (Rinnovabili.

Hai mai sentito parlare di inondazioni da collasso di laghi glaciali? Hanno appena fatto crollare un ponte in Pakistan

2022-05-12T16:25+0200greenme (it)

Un paio di giorni fa in Pakistan un ponte è stato spazzato via da un'inondazione provocata dal collasso di un lago ghiacciato. Un fenomeno raro e che non ci riguarda? Niente affatto, quanto avvenuto in Asia dovrebbe preoccuparci tutti. Sicuramente vi sarà capitato in questi ultimi giorni di....

Experts: Every heatwave enhanced by climate change

2022-05-11T14:31+0200themalaymailonline (en)

“Every heatwave in the world is now made stronger and more likely to happen because of human-caused climate change,” Otto and co-author Ben Clarke of the University of Oxford said in the report, presented as a briefing paper for the news media. Evidence of global warming’s impact on extreme weather....

Experts: Every heatwave enhanced by climate change

2022-05-11T14:14+0200malaymail (en)

“Every heatwave in the world is now made stronger and more likely to happen because of human-caused climate change,” Otto and co-author Ben Clarke of the University of Oxford said in the report, presented as a briefing paper for the news media. Evidence of global warming’s impact on extreme weather....

Inundación repentina provoca derrumbe de un puente en el norte de Pakistán

2022-05-11T02:34+0200erbol (es)

Fuente: AFP. Un puente situado en una importante vía de comunicación en una región aislada del norte de Pakistán se derrumbó debido a una inundación repentina provocada por la rotura de un glaciar a causa de una ola de calor, dijo la ministra de Cambio Climático, Sherry Rehman.

Inundación repentina provoca derrumbe de un puente en el norte de Pakistán

2022-05-10T19:16+0200deperu (es)