Archive for the ‘Weather’ Category
The Indian Meteorological Department has forecast a severe heat wave for parts of western India through Saturday. Extreme heat was also forecast across central and northern India into next week.
Saturday, May 21st, 2016
After a heavy weekend downpour in Fujian province, about 35 people are missing following a landslide.
Sunday, May 8th, 2016
US: More than a dozen tornadoes touched down Wednesday killing 7.
Thursday, February 25th, 2016
** Four killed in Virginia
** 3 killed in the South
** 16 tornadoes — 8 in Virginia, 5in North Carolina and 3 in Florida
** Some 209,000 customers were without power Wednesday
** More than 2,800 U.S. flights were canceled
The Chicago Fire Department evacuated buildings at 150, 180 and 191 North Wacker Drive due to falling debris caused by high winds, including broken glass.
Saturday, February 20th, 2016
Extreme Weather & Crop Production
Friday, January 8th, 2016Influence of extreme weather disasters on global crop production
- Journal name: Nature; Volume: 529, Pages: 84–87
- Date published: 07 January 2016
- DOI: doi:10.1038/nature16467
In recent years, several extreme weather disasters have partially or completely damaged regional crop production1, 2, 3, 4, 5. While detailed regional accounts of the effects of extreme weather disasters exist, the global scale effects of droughts, floods and extreme temperature on crop production are yet to be quantified. Here we estimate for the first time, to our knowledge, national cereal production losses across the globe resulting from reported extreme weather disasters during 1964–2007. We show that droughts and extreme heat significantly reduced national cereal production by 9–10%, whereas our analysis could not identify an effect from floods and extreme cold in the national data. Analysing the underlying processes, we find that production losses due to droughts were associated with a reduction in both harvested area and yields, whereas extreme heat mainly decreased cereal yields. Furthermore, the results highlight ~7% greater production damage from more recent droughts and 8–11% more damage in developed countries than in developing ones. Our findings may help to guide agricultural priorities in international disaster risk reduction and adaptation efforts.
El Nino’s impact on California
Wednesday, January 6th, 2016https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nT5gf3Z7ig
