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2024 On Track To Be Hottest Year Ever Recorded: UN Agency
The year 2024 is on course to become the hottest year ever recorded, with global temperatures reaching unprecedented levels, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) warned.
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2023 El Nino Among 5 Strongest On Record, Will Fuel Heat In 2024: Report
The 2023-24 El Nino has peaked as one of the five strongest on record and will continue to impact global climate in the coming months despite a weakening trend, the World Meteorological Organisation said today.
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Snowless In Himalayas: El Nino Effect Leads To Dry Winter, Worries Over Ripple Effect
2023 was the warmest-on-record year and the warming El Nino event is likely to further fuel the heat in 2024.
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Climate Change Made 2011-2020 Decade Wetter, Warmer For India: World Body
Worsening climate change made the 2011-2020 decade wetter and warmer for India, according to a new report released by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) at the UN climate conference today.
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2023 Shatters Climate Records, 2024 To Be As Bad, Concerns For India
The year 2023 has shattered climate records, accompanied by extreme weather which has left a trail of devastation and despair, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said in a report.
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EL Nino Conditions To Last Till April 2024, Says UN Agency
The ongoing El Nino event is expected to last at least until April 2024, influencing weather patterns and contributing to a further spike in temperatures on land and over the ocean, according to a new update from the World Meteorological
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Explained: How El Nino Endangers Emerging Market Economies
Countries around the world are battling heatwaves and floods fuelled by El Nino, a naturally occurring climate phenomenon that has a 90% probability of persisting in the second half of 2023, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
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Health Warnings Across Continents As Heat Wave Drives Wildfires
Extreme heat was forecast across the globe on Wednesday, as wildfires raged and health warnings were in place in parts of Asia, Europe and North America.
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World Should Prepare To Face Increasingly Intense Heatwaves: UN
The world should prepare to face increasingly intense heatwaves, the United Nations warned on Tuesday, as countries across the Northern Hemisphere reeled from soaring temperatures.
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15,700 Deaths In Europe In 2022 Linked To Heatwaves: UN's Climate Change Report
Record levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases have led to increased incidences of droughts, floods and heatwaves on a global scale, the World Meteorological Organisation's (WMO) annual report for 2022 said.
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2015 To 2022 Likely To Be 8 Warmest Years Till Date: Report
The global mean temperature in 2022 is estimated to be 1.15 degree Celsius above the pre-industrial (1850-1900) average, likely making the eight years from 2015 the warmest on record.
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Global Warming Can Lead Temperature to Exceed 1.5 Degrees Celsius Within 5 Years, Suggests New WMO Report
According to a new climate update released by the UN's World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), there is a 50:50 possibility that the annual average global temperature will rise by 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels within next five years.
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770-Kilometer Lightning In 2020 Declared Longest Single Bolt Recorded
A bolt of lightning that stretched nearly 769 kilometres across three US states in 2020 or equivalent to the distance between London and the German city of Hamburg has been declared as the longest recorded single flash by the WMO.
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Weather Disasters Killed 2 Million In 50 Years: UN Agency
The number of disasters, such as floods and heatwaves, driven by climate change have increased fivefold over the past 50 years, killing more than 2 million people and costing $3.64 trillion in total losses, a United Nations agency said on Wednesday.
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2020 Was One Of Three Warmest Years On Record: UN Weather Agency
The year 2020 was one of the three warmest years on record and rivalled 2016 for the top spot, indicating the pace of the "human-induced" climate change which is now as powerful as the force of nature, the UN weather agency has said.
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2024 On Track To Be Hottest Year Ever Recorded: UN Agency
The year 2024 is on course to become the hottest year ever recorded, with global temperatures reaching unprecedented levels, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) warned.
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2023 El Nino Among 5 Strongest On Record, Will Fuel Heat In 2024: Report
The 2023-24 El Nino has peaked as one of the five strongest on record and will continue to impact global climate in the coming months despite a weakening trend, the World Meteorological Organisation said today.
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Snowless In Himalayas: El Nino Effect Leads To Dry Winter, Worries Over Ripple Effect
2023 was the warmest-on-record year and the warming El Nino event is likely to further fuel the heat in 2024.
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Climate Change Made 2011-2020 Decade Wetter, Warmer For India: World Body
Worsening climate change made the 2011-2020 decade wetter and warmer for India, according to a new report released by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) at the UN climate conference today.
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2023 Shatters Climate Records, 2024 To Be As Bad, Concerns For India
The year 2023 has shattered climate records, accompanied by extreme weather which has left a trail of devastation and despair, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said in a report.
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EL Nino Conditions To Last Till April 2024, Says UN Agency
The ongoing El Nino event is expected to last at least until April 2024, influencing weather patterns and contributing to a further spike in temperatures on land and over the ocean, according to a new update from the World Meteorological
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Explained: How El Nino Endangers Emerging Market Economies
Countries around the world are battling heatwaves and floods fuelled by El Nino, a naturally occurring climate phenomenon that has a 90% probability of persisting in the second half of 2023, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
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Health Warnings Across Continents As Heat Wave Drives Wildfires
Extreme heat was forecast across the globe on Wednesday, as wildfires raged and health warnings were in place in parts of Asia, Europe and North America.
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World Should Prepare To Face Increasingly Intense Heatwaves: UN
The world should prepare to face increasingly intense heatwaves, the United Nations warned on Tuesday, as countries across the Northern Hemisphere reeled from soaring temperatures.
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15,700 Deaths In Europe In 2022 Linked To Heatwaves: UN's Climate Change Report
Record levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases have led to increased incidences of droughts, floods and heatwaves on a global scale, the World Meteorological Organisation's (WMO) annual report for 2022 said.
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2015 To 2022 Likely To Be 8 Warmest Years Till Date: Report
The global mean temperature in 2022 is estimated to be 1.15 degree Celsius above the pre-industrial (1850-1900) average, likely making the eight years from 2015 the warmest on record.
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Global Warming Can Lead Temperature to Exceed 1.5 Degrees Celsius Within 5 Years, Suggests New WMO Report
According to a new climate update released by the UN's World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), there is a 50:50 possibility that the annual average global temperature will rise by 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels within next five years.
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770-Kilometer Lightning In 2020 Declared Longest Single Bolt Recorded
A bolt of lightning that stretched nearly 769 kilometres across three US states in 2020 or equivalent to the distance between London and the German city of Hamburg has been declared as the longest recorded single flash by the WMO.
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Weather Disasters Killed 2 Million In 50 Years: UN Agency
The number of disasters, such as floods and heatwaves, driven by climate change have increased fivefold over the past 50 years, killing more than 2 million people and costing $3.64 trillion in total losses, a United Nations agency said on Wednesday.
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2020 Was One Of Three Warmest Years On Record: UN Weather Agency
The year 2020 was one of the three warmest years on record and rivalled 2016 for the top spot, indicating the pace of the "human-induced" climate change which is now as powerful as the force of nature, the UN weather agency has said.
