Latest North Indian Ocean cyclone season Stories

One of NASA's infrared "eyes" is an instrument that flies aboard the Aqua satellite, and it provided data that helped forecasters determine that low pressure "System 90E" strengthened into the eastern Pacific Ocean's eleventh tropical depression. The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument onboard Aqua captured an infrared image of System 90E on Sept. 11 at 1947 UTC (3:47 p.m. EDT). That infrared image took the temperatures of the cloud tops and found some strong, high thunderstorms...

A recent increase in the intensity of Arabian Sea cyclones may be the result of increasing air pollution over the Indian sub-continent, according to a new multi-institutional study. Traditionally, prevailing wind shear patterns prohibit cyclones in the Arabian Sea from becoming major storms.  However, the study suggests that weakening winds have enabled the formation of stronger cyclones in recent years -- including storms in 2007 and 2010 that were the first recorded storms to enter the...

Natural disaster killed 138,000Tropical cyclone Nargis made landfall in the Asian nation of Myanmar on May 2, 2008, causing the worst natural disaster in the country's recorded history "“ with a death toll that may have exceeded 138,000. In the July 2009 issue of the journal Nature Geoscience, researchers report on a field survey done three months after the disaster to document the extent of the flooding and resulting damage.The information "“ which may be the first reliable measurements...

WASHINGTON, April 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- One year after Cyclone Nargis devastated the Ayeyarwaddy Delta in Myanmar, enormous challenges remain in restoring livelihoods and water sources, building shelters and schools, and in providing psychosocial support to traumatized survivors. The Red Cross is supporting 100,000 families in thirteen townships with health education, clean water, improved housing, cash-for-work and emotional support. (Logo:...

A "pre-existing condition" in the North Indian Ocean stoked the sudden intensification of last year's Tropical Cyclone Nargis just before its devastating landfall in Burma, according to a new NASA/university study. The cyclone became Burma's worst natural disaster ever and one of the deadliest cyclones of all time.Scientists at the National Taiwan University, Taipei; and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., used data from satellite altimeters, measurements of ocean...

Nearly 100,000 cyclone victims treated onboard watercraft hospitals in Myanmar YANGON, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- A total of 97,777 cyclone victims have been given treatment onboard mobile watercraft hospitals sailing deep into some storm-hit areas in Myanmar where road transport is hardly accessible, the local weekly Voice reported on Saturday. The watercrafts, owned by the state-run Inland Water Transport, have moved into the disaster-torn region since May 20 covering the areas of Laputta,...

Earth observation satellites have provided vital information to relief workers in Myanmar throughout a particularly long crisis response window following the devastating Cyclone Nargis that hit the country on 2 and 3 May 2008. Immediately after the disaster, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) asked the International Charter on 'Space and Major Disasters', referred to as "˜the Charter', for support by providing immediate crisis mapping of the affected...

Food remains urgent priority for cyclone-hit families in Bangladesh DHAKA, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Food still remains the most urgent priority for many families in cyclone Sidr affected coastal areas in Bangladesh, said a report of the World Food Program (WFP). The report posted on the website of the WFP on Tuesday said households, hit by cyclone Sidr in November last year, are still lacking food reserves or sufficient income to pay for food in the aftermath of the cyclone. "Food insecurity...

SHANGHAI, China, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- On the Internet, traffic is money. This Web 2.0 mantra brings about all sorts of odd phenomena. With sites like Yuwie, social networkers can get paid to gossip and gawk at videos. Bloggers can use sites like PayPerPost to receive money for their postings. Now, a new experiment combines traffic building tools, altruism, and good old capitalistic self-interest to help victims of the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan, China, which killed at least 50,000...

A COVENTRY songwriter has launched a charity record to raise vital cash for the forgotten victims of Burma's cyclone Nargis. Musical director and professional songwriter Tim Spencer is hoping to raise 100,000 euros (about pounds 79,000) for those living through the aftermath of the disaster. MP3 versions of the single Somewhere - taken from his 1997 musical Rising Sun - are being sold for one euro each on the internet. A 30-strong choir drawn from Coventry's musical theatre societies...