Content by: James Banasik
What’s occurring? Hurricane Isaias forms despite El Nino event
A storm forming in the Atlantic that could turn into a category 3 hurricane during an El Nino cycle...
Nepal & Tibet Hit by Flash Floods
The cause of the powerful torrents of floodwater that swallowed towns, roads and bridges in Nepal is not yet clear, but CNN reports that...
UK Heatwaves May Cost UK Economy $4.4bn in Lost Output
Writing to her cousin in the 19th Century, the novelist Jane Austen bemoaned the “dreadful hot weather” for keeping her in a “continuous state of...
6.8 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Japan’s Southern Kumamoto Prefecture
Around 300,000 people were instructed to go to evacuation centers, Japan’s disaster management agency said, after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake...
Gigantic Wildfire Hits France
The gigantic wildfire ravaging southwest France has created an extremely dangerous “pyrocumulonimbus” — a phenomenon never seen in the country — a spokesman for...
Why predictions of Super El Nino may be far from reality
The hype around the possibility of a ‘Super El Nino’ that is currently developing in the tropical Pacific Ocean may not materialise this year, due to a misreading of trends in...