Storm Jangmi disrupts life across Japan

Severe tropical storm Jangmi swept across Japan on Wednesday, bringing heavy rainfall, strong winds and widespread disruption to transportation, businesses and public services, while leaving nearly 60,000 households without electricity. Read More: Nearly 600,000 advised to evacuate as storm Krosa makes landfall According to Japan’s Meteorological Agency, the centre of the storm was located about…

Punjab braces for intense heatwave during Eid holidays

LAHORE: The Punjab Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has issued a warning about a severe heatwave expected to affect various districts of Punjab during the Eidul Adha holidays, with temperatures likely to rise far above seasonal averages. Read More: Heat wave alert issued across Pakistan According to the PDMA, temperatures across most districts are expected to remain […]

Deadly storm kills over 100 in India’s Uttar Pradesh

A powerful storm swept through India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh, killing more than 100 people and causing widespread destruction across several districts, officials said on Thursday. The violent weather system brought intense rain, hail and strong winds, damaging homes, uprooting trees and disrupting daily life in India’s most populous state. According to state authorities, […]

Scientists: Unprecedented heat will bring huge fires

Climate change has already brought record-breaking fires in Africa, Asia and elsewhere this year, and as summer sets in in the Northern Hemisphere, the situation is expected to worsen, writes Reuters. From January to April, fires have already caused more widespread damage than ever before in the history of observations. Data from the research group […]

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WRONG, Chicago Tribune, Climate Change Isn’t Making Hailstorms Worse

The Chicago Tribune failed in its journalistic duty of producing a story grounded in facts. Instead of merely reporting on the danger and human interest aspects of the recent severe storms, they attempted to fearmonger people into believing extreme weather is getting worse due to climate change. It’s not, as historical observational weather data show that there is no sustained trend of worsening…

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Nashville’s ice storm wasn’t unprecedented, it was predictable

As the ice storm approached Nashville, familiar patterns set in: empty grocery shelves, last-minute supply runs, and widespread uncertainty about how severe conditions might become. This time, however, officials and media outlets urged residents to prepare for prolonged power outages – advice that many followed without knowing whether the city’s infrastructure could withstand the storm itself.

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