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Volta Basin seeks to increase resilience to floods and drought

8.10.2020|Vreme

In the past few months many parts of the Volta Basin have been hit by heavy rainfall, causing floods which have displaced thousands of people and led to loss of life and livelihoods. Ghana, Burkina Faso, C?te d'Ivoire and Benin have all been impacted.

Delta makes landfall in Mexico

7.10.2020|Vreme

Hurricane Delta has made?landfall in Northeast Mexico as?a strong?category 2?on the Saffir Simpson scale.
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Delta instensifies rapidly into major hurricane

6.10.2020|Vreme

Hurricane Delta is close to landfall in Mexico as?a dangerous category 3 on the Saffir Simpson scale.
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2020 Antarctic ozone hole is large and deep

6.10.2020|Vreme

The annually occurring ozone hole over the Antarctic is one of the largest and deepest in recent years. Analyses show that the hole has reached its maximum size.

Support grows for Systematic Observations Financing Facility

2.10.2020|Vreme

Three major European meteorological institutions have joined the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to announce their support for the creation of a new Systematic Observations Financing Facility.

Climate Investment Funds joins the Alliance for Hydromet Development

1.10.2020|Vreme

The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) is officially joining?the Alliance for Hydromet Development. The virtual ceremony is taking?place?during the week-long Executive Council Meeting of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) from September 28 to October 2 2020.

South Asian Climate Outlook issued

29.9.2020|Vreme

Below-normal rainfall is likely during the 2020 October ? December (OND) season over the southern parts of?South Asia including some parts of extreme southeastern India and?most parts of Sri Lanka and Maldives, which climatologically receive good amount of rainfall during the season, according to the South Asian Climate Outlook Forum.?

MET Office launches new website - Tonga

29.9.2020|Vreme

29th September, 2020 The Minister for MEIDECC Honorable Poasi Tei launches the new website for the Tonga Meteorological Services which was live to the public at 7:00pm 28th September 2020.?This new website is a renewal of the current website which has been operating since 2003. The main objective of this development is to have a more responsive and user-friendly web interface for the general public.
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Fengyun Meteorological Satellite Program to mark its 50th anniversary - China Meteorological Administration

29.9.2020|Vreme

2020 marks the 50th anniversary of China?s Fengyun meteorological satellite program. Over the past decades, 17 Fengyun meteorological satellites have been launched, among which 7 are in-orbit now. On the occasion of commemorating the 50th anniversary of Fengyun meteorological satellite program, the reporter of China Meteorological News Press have an interview with Prof. Xu Jianmin, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, and the former Director-General of National Satellite Meteorological Center (NSMC).
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Climate change increases the risk of wildfires

28.9.2020|Vreme

There is strengthened evidence that climate change increases the frequency and/or severity of fire weather around the world. Land management alone cannot explain recent increases in wildfires, according to an update from internationally acclaimed scientists.
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61st issue of the TCC News - Japan Meteorological Agency

28.9.2020|Vreme

The Tokyo Climate Center (TCC) of the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has released the 61st issue of the TCC News on the TCC website.?This issue covers:?- Climate Characteristics of Record-heavy Rain and Record-low Sunshine Durations in Japan in July 2020?- TCC's forecasting gridded dataset FAQ.?Read more >>

75th UN General Assembly spotlights Climate Action

24.9.2020|Vreme

The need for climate action to underpin sustainable development and COVID-19 recovery plans features high on the agenda of the United Nations General Assembly, marking the 75th anniversary of the organization. Its theme is ?The Future we Want, the UN we Need: Reaffirming our Collective Commitment to Multilateralism.?

World Maritime Day calls for a Sustainable Blue Economy

24.9.2020|Vreme

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24 September celebrates World Maritime Day, with the theme for 2020 ?Sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet? providing an excellent opportunity to raise awareness of the United Nations? Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

WMO verifies -69.6Â°C Greenland temperature as Northern hemisphere record

23.9.2020|Vreme

The World Meteorological Organization has recognized a temperature of -69.6?C (-93.3?F) at an automatic weather station in Greenland on 22 December 1991 as the lowest ever recorded in the Northern Hemisphere.?The temperature record was uncovered after nearly 30 years by ?climate detectives? with the WMO Archive of Weather and Climate Extremes. It eclipses the value of -67.8?C recorded at the Russian sites of Verkhoyanksk (February 1892) and Oimekon (January 1933). The world?s lowest temperature record, of -89.2?C (-128.6?F) on 21 July 1983, is held by the high-altitude Vostok weather station in Antarctica.