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How to help survivors of Cyclone Idai

sudshr47 March 22, 2019

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Tropical Cyclone Idai struck the African countries of Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Mozambique a week ago, but humanitarian workers are only now grasping the scale of the storm’s destruction. 

Hundreds are dead, and experts believe that number will rise sharply in the coming days. The storm brought catastrophic flooding that submerged entire villages and towns. The United Nations estimated that 2.6 million people were affected by the tragedy. 

“If these reports, these fears, are realized, then we can say that this is one of the worst weather-related disasters — tropical cyclone-related disasters — in the Southern Hemisphere,” Clare Nullis, a spokeswoman for the World Meteorological Organization, said this week, according to the New York Times. Read more…

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Climate change kills off clouds over the ocean in new simulation

sudshr47 February 25, 2019

We all know climate change is affecting weather systems and ecosystems around the world, but exactly how and in what way is still a topic of intense study. New simulations made possible by higher-powered computers suggest that cloud cover over oceans may die off altogether once a certain level of CO2 has been reached, accelerating warming and contributing to a vicious cycle.

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El Niño has arrived. What does that mean for weather in 2019?

sudshr47 February 14, 2019

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El Niño has arrived in 2019. So far, it’s pretty weak. That doesn’t mean it will stay that way. 

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced Thursday that this natural climate phenomenon — which is triggered by warmer temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean and can significantly affect weather in the U.S. — will likely persist through the spring. But what happens next is still unclear.

“We don’t have a good handle on where this goes the rest of the year,” Mike Halpert, the deputy director of NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, said in an interview. “It becomes kind of a tossup after spring.” Read more…

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Polar vortex 2019: Combat the cold with these 50 products

sudshr47 January 28, 2019

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Shout out to everyone who said they “couldn’t wait for winter” during the summer last year — you’re about to get what you asked for.

We thought we were done with unbearable temperatures after a polar vortex swept through the U.Sa few weeks ago, making temperatures dip down to single (and in some places, negative) digits. Unfortunately, we’re not in the clear just yet. Actually, it’s about to be worse: The end of January through the beginning of February are expected to be the coldest stretch of the year for much of the country.

government open, weather machine back on & they crankin it for lost time https://t.co/qKNVcQY7sD

— Majesty Ria (@ToriNicksWho) January 28, 2019 Read more…

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Amid a legal fight in LA, IBM’s Weather Company launches hyperlocal weather forecasts globally

sudshr47 January 8, 2019

While IBM is getting sued by the city of Los Angeles, accusing it of covertly mining user data in the Weather Channel app in the US, it’s testing the waters for another hyperlocal weather feature that — coincidentally — relies on data that it picks up from sensors on app users’ smartphones, among other devices, […]

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Weather Up’s app can give you forecasts for your calendar events

sudshr47 November 16, 2018

There are plenty of weather apps to choose from on the App Store, but the newly released Weather Up app is doing something different. Instead of just offering the daily weather, it will now offer Event Forecasts — meaning forecasts that sync with your calendars so you can see what the weather will be for […]

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