Storms

Typhoon Conson causes power outages in eastern Philippines after landfall at Hernani

The metro region of Philippines' capital, Manila, is under level one warning, which means strong winds are expected within the next 36 hours

Climate change is affecting buildings as they were designed for a different environment

Architects and engineers design buildings and other structures, like bridges, to operate within the parameters of the local climate.

World Oceans Day 2021: Seabirds act like canaries in a coal mine, send an urgent message from the ocean

Seabird breeding productivity depends on food resources available and are sentinels of change in marine ecosystems.

World Oceans Day 2021: Can we use bio-fouling organisms to extract energy from ocean waves?

Waves have enough energy that every metre of coastline could power around five average homes and more during storms.

Bye Eta, Zeta, Theta: Greek alphabets ditched for hurricane names for being too 'confusing'

On 17 March, an expert committee also plans to discuss whether the Atlantic hurricane season should begin 15 May instead of the traditional 1 June.

People fleeing from the effects of climate change can claim asylum: UN rights panel

The ruling is not legal as yet but it can be cited by people whose right to life is endangered by the climate crisis.

Big storms can trigger stormquakes that shake the seafloor, but aren't dangerous to people

Stormquakes are more an oddity than something that can hurt you, since no one stands on the sea floor during a hurricane

Depression over Bay Of Bengal has intensified into Cyclone Fani storm, says Regional Meteorological Centre

Meanwhile, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast light to moderate rainfall at many places with heavy falls at isolated places as very likely over Kerala on 29 and 30 April.

Low pressure area over Bay of Bengal to bring rains to Tamil Nadu on 30 April; moderate rainfall likely in Puducherry, Kerala

A low pressure area over Indian ocean and adjoining Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a depression and later into a cyclonic storm before reaching the north Tamil Nadu coast on 30 April

Lightning can most certainly hit the same place twice — astronomers show us how

When lightning strikes, some negative charge is stored in a thundercloud, seeding a second strike.