Monsoon floods, landslides ravage South Asia, at least 221 dead

2020, Asia, China, Extreme Weather, Flood, Impacts, IndiaLeave a comment

VIDEO LINK More than one million people have been marooned in Nepal, Bangladesh and India as overflowing rivers wreak havoc. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/monsoon-floods-landslides-ravage-south-asia-221-dead-200717102403512.html Related Bangladesh struggles to aid cyclone-stricken communities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zsgBPtdbpU Red Alerts in China as Floods Maroon Equipment to Fight Coronavirus https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-07-17/chinas-wuhan-declares-red-alert-as-floods-disrupt-supply-chains

India heatwave temperatures pass 50 Celsius 123.4 F. in Churu

2019, Drought, Extreme Weather, Heat wave, IndiaLeave a comment

Temperatures passed 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in northern India as an unrelenting heatwave triggered warnings of water shortages and heatstroke. Churu in the western part of the desert state of Rajasthan was the hottest place in the country at 50.8 degrees Celsius, nine notches above normal, according to the MeT department office in Jaipur.…

Asia’s Monsoon Floods Are Horrifying

2017, Asia, Extreme Weather, Flood, Impacts, India, Monsoon, Pakistan, PrecipitationLeave a comment

India’s floods expose its total vulnerability to climate change – In West Bengal, residents say Hurricane Harvey in the US is “no comparison” to devastation for which their country left them woefully unprepared http://www.climatechangenews.com/2017/09/01/indias-floods-expose-total-vulnerability-climate-change South Asia Is Also Experiencing The Worst Flooding In Decades And The Photos Are Horrifying https://www.buzzfeed.com/anupkaphle/south-asia-is-also-experiencing-the-worst-flooding-in South Asia floods: Mumbai building…

Watch how cities will get flooded with 10 feet sea level rise

2016, Africa, Asia, Canada, China, Climate Change, Climate Visuals, Communication, Europe, Germany, Impacts, India, Sea Level Rise, UK, USALeave a comment

Visualisation of sea level rise of 10 feet (3 meters), based on the risk zone map, provided by Climate Central. Current estimates about future sea level rise, consider up to 10 feet already locked in, due to the greenhouse gas emissions we have emitted so far. How fast this will happen is not certain yet.…

Worldwide Extreme Floods (Sep-December 2015 – Japan/Brazil/India/UK/USA South Florida)

Brazil, Extreme Weather, Flood, Global, Hydrosphere, Impacts, India, Japan, Precipitation, UK, USALeave a comment

Footage of recent flooding in Japan, India, Brazil, UK (Northern England / Wales / Scotland / Cumbria), Florida United States. There have been more floods, i.e. in Portugal, Singapore, and other parts of the world, and it is projected to get worse with increased temperatures due to global warming. New York Times: A 2015 study…

Over 500 dead across India as heat wave sets in, Telangana’s Khammam sizzles at 48 degrees

2015, Extreme Weather, Heat wave, Impacts, India1 Comment

Hindustan Times: Humans “boil in their own skin” at 48 degrees Celsius, the maximum temperature recorded at Khammam in Telangana which has become the focal point of a blistering heat wave sweeping through swathes of India on Sunday, killing nearly 500 people. Allahabad was the second hottest at 47.7°C, six degrees above normal; Nandigama in…

Global Water Efficiency Gains Through Drip Irrigation

2015, Adaptation, Farming, India, Solutions, Water SecurityLeave a comment

MyRain is making drip irrigation accessible to all the farmers of India by automating the process of designing systems for their small-plot farms, with a mobile app and on-time delivery. Sponsor: USAID Global Development Lab http://www.usaid.gov/GlobalDevLab In The Making takes you behind the scenes of spectacular projects, people, and ideas while they are being created.…