Tag: #climate

India bakes in early March as IMD warns of longer, harsher heat season

Temperatures across India have surged well above normal in early March, with Delhi hitting 35.7C as the IMD warns of more heatwave days through May.

#india, #heatwave, #imd, #climate, #weather

Mumbai Sees First Heatwave of 2026 in Early March as Temperatures Hit 38.9°C

Mumbai’s first heatwave of 2026 arrived unusually early, with Santacruz topping 38.9°C. Forecasters warn the hot season is shifting forward.

#mumbai, #heatwave, #imd, #climate, #publichealth

Blizzard of 2026 Shatters Snow Records, Knocks Out Power Across the Northeast

A bomb-cyclone nor’easter dumped up to three feet of snow, grounded travel, cut power to 600,000 and left at least 13 dead across five states.

#blizzard, #noreaster, #poweroutages, #northeast, #climate

EPA Delays 2025 Greenhouse Gas Reporting Deadline to October 2026 as It Weighs Rollback

EPA moved the 2025 greenhouse-gas reporting deadline to Oct. 30, 2026, affecting 8,000 facilities as the agency considers scaling back the program.

#epa, #climate, #emissions, #reporting, #ghgrp

Study: Warming Mars Could Trigger Decades of Cloud-Driven Swings and Shifting Polar Ice

New Mars climate simulations find that modest artificial warming could spike water vapor, cool some regions, and rearrange polar ice for decades.

#mars, #terraforming, #climate, #aerosols, #planetaryscience

DOE Emergency Order Let Homestead, Florida, Run Power Plants Past Permit Limits During Winter Storm Fern

A rare federal grid emergency order let a small Florida utility exceed air-permit limits to avoid outages, spotlighting a broader reliability shift.

#florida, #powergrid, #energyemergency, #airquality, #climate

Chile ‘megafire’ razes coastal communities in Biobío and Ñuble, testing government transition

Fast-moving wildfires killed at least 21, forced 50,000 to flee and destroyed thousands of homes in south-central Chile, as leaders clash over causes.

#chile, #wildfires, #biobio, #reconstruction, #climate

Cyclone Fytia Floods Madagascar’s Northwest, Killing at Least Three and Displacing Thousands

Rapidly intensifying Cyclone Fytia swamped Mahajanga and Antananarivo, leaving deaths, widespread flooding and renewed questions about resilience.

#madagascar, #cyclone, #flooding, #climate, #disasterresponse

Mozambique Floods Swamp Gaza Province, Forcing Mass Displacement and Raising Disease Fears

Weeks of heavy rain have displaced more than 300,000 people in Mozambique, wrecking homes and roads and heightening cholera and hunger risks.

#mozambique, #flooding, #humanitarian, #climate, #cholera

Nvidia opens ‘Earth-2’ AI weather models, promising faster forecasts on smaller GPU clusters

Unveiled at the AMS meeting in Houston, Nvidia’s open Earth-2 models aim to speed forecasting and cut costs—raising new reliance questions.

#weather, #ai, #nvidia, #forecasting, #climate

Chile Declares State of Catastrophe as Wildfires Ravage Biobío and Ñuble, Leaving Lirquén in Ruins

Deadly wildfires in central–southern Chile have killed at least 21, burned over 45,000 hectares and destroyed thousands of homes, with Lirquén hardest hit.

#chile, #wildfires, #biobio, #nubile, #climate

Heat dome to push southeastern Australia toward record temperatures, raising bushfire risk

Forecast highs near 48C across SA, Victoria and NSW as a slow-moving heat dome fuels extreme heatwave conditions and elevated fire danger.

#australia, #heatwave, #bushfires, #weather, #climate

Victoria bushfires raze towns after rare ‘catastrophic’ alert; state of disaster declared

Extreme heat, winds and dry lightning drove fast-moving fires across Victoria, burning up to 395,000 hectares and destroying hundreds of structures.

#australia, #bushfires, #victoria, #disaster, #climate

Floods Across Albania Kill One, Force Evacuations and Spark Protests Over Infrastructure

Days of storms inundate Albania from Durrës to Shkodër and the Vjosa plain, killing one and prompting protests, probes and calls for action.

#albania, #flooding, #climate, #infrastructure, #durrës

Sri Lanka’s Cyclone Ditwah Recovery Meets IMF Limits as $206 Million Emergency Loan Arrives

After Cyclone Ditwah killed hundreds and caused $4.1B in damage, Sri Lanka gets $206M IMF emergency funds as a key bailout review is delayed.

#srilanka, #imf, #cyclone, #debt, #climate