National NHC: Tropical Depression Five forms in western Atlantic Lisette Lopez 2:25 PM, Jul 04, 2020

Sat, 04 Jul 2020 20:34:00 +0200abcactionnews (en)

MIAMI — Tropical Depression Five has formed in the western Atlantic, according to the National Hurricane Center. From the NHC 11 a.m. update, Tropical Depression Five has winds of 35 miles per hour and is headed northeast. The depression is expected to move away from the United States. It will have no impact on Florida.

Mamata says Bengal in meeting economic challenges better than other states

Sat, 04 Jul 2020 10:34:00 +0200uniindia (en)

Hideout busted in Rajouri, ammunition recovered Bomb blast in Somalian capital of Mogadishu leaves at least seven injured: reports Four more tests Covid positive, random test begins in Meghalaya Mamata says Bengal in meeting economic challenges better than other states nCoV: Death toll mounts to 125....

Abaco alarm over new shanty construction

Sat, 04 Jul 2020 00:05:00 +0200tribune242 (en)

By LEANDRA ROLLE. Tribune Staff Reporter. lrolle@tribunemedia.net. ABACO residents are again sounding the alarm over unsanctioned construction in shanty town communities on the island, saying it is unfair some people are being allowed certain liberties, while others are being treated like "fourth class citizens" in their own country.

Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, 100, remarks on his 'staggering luck'

Fri, 03 Jul 2020 21:41:00 +0200themirror (en)

In the blue skies over south-east England, young Pilot Officer John Hemingway felt completely alone. There may have been 3,000 aircrew who fought in the Battle of Britain, which began 80 years ago this week. Yet thundering through summer skies surrounded by hundreds of Luftwaffe aircraft, the....

God restores

Fri, 03 Jul 2020 19:19:00 +0200thenassauguardian (en)

Dear Editor, “And behold, a great wind came across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young people, and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” – Job 1:19. “So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and struck Job with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

Duterte asks soldiers to remain calm amid NBI probe on misencounter

Fri, 03 Jul 2020 17:48:00 +0200mb-com-ph (en)

President Duterte asked the soldiers to remain calm as the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) looks into the misencounter between soldiers and the police that resulted in the death of four of their colleagues in Jolo this week. President Rodrigo Duterte.

OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Watchdog accuses Commerce of holding up 'Sharpiegate' report | Climate change erases millennia of cooling: study | Senate nixes proposal limiting Energy Department's control on nuclear agency budget

Fri, 03 Jul 2020 00:44:00 +0200thehill (en)

REMEMBER SHARPIEGATE? ME NEITHER. The Commerce Department’s internal watchdog is accusing the department of “actively preventing” it from releasing a full report expected to detail a “flawed process” during what is now known as the Sharpiegate controversy.

Clean-up of Equinor oil spill delayed by COVID-19 pandemic

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 23:09:00 +0200tribune242 (en)

By DENISE MAYCOCK. Tribune Freeport Reporter. dmaycock@tribunemedia.net. THE oil spill clean-up at the Equinor South Riding Point facility in East Grand Bahama seems to have slowed down over the past several months, with some areas of the forest still covered with oil.

Commerce Inspector General says “Sharpiegate” report being blocked

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 22:54:00 +0200arstechnica (en)

Last month, we covered the results of a NOAA investigation into scientific integrity violations associated with its handling of President Donald Trump’s self-inflicted hurricane controversy. The problems started when Trump incorrectly tweeted that Alabama was likely going to be impacted by Hurricane Dorian.

The Climate Emergency Won’t Wait for the Press to Play Catch-Up Again

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 15:19:00 +0200ecowatch (en)

The fact that it took a pandemic, police killings, and mass protests to focus mainstream journalistic attention on these issues is damning, and must prompt a reappraisal of how we work. Why weren't newsrooms obsessing about these issues before the world imploded this spring? Why must we always be....

Philippines: Kalinga farmers affected by ‘Ompong' receive chicks, cattle

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 03:38:00 +0200reliefWeb (en)

By Peter A. Balocnit. CITY OF TABUK, Kalinga, June 30(PIA) - - The Office of the Provincial Veterinary (OPVet) has distributed the second tranche of typhoon Ompong assistance to the seven municipalities and this city composed of 7,472 heads of day-old chicks.

Trio of areas warrant close watch for tropical development in Atlantic

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 02:05:00 +0200upi (en)

Regardless, steering breezes should keep the feature away from the U.S. and southeastern Canada, but the system could be a concern for shipping if it were to spin up. Two other areas meteorologists are keeping a close eye on will be hugging the southeastern U.S. coast during the first full week of July.

Vestas wins new orders for wind turbines in the US, Canada, France, The Netherlands, Italy, Japan and Vietnam

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 10:23:00 +0200renewableenergymagazine (en)

Vestas has received an order for 278 MW of V150-4.2 MW turbines for a 302 MW project in the US including previously purchased 4 MW components. The order includes supply and commissioning of the turbines as well as a 10-year Active Output Management 5000 (AOM 5000) service agreement, designed to....

Environmental disasters across world in June 2020

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 09:09:00 +0200aa-en (en)

ANKARA. The sixth month of 2020 witnessed numerous environmental disasters that impaired climate change and vice versa -- including deadly landslides and cyclone in India, volcano eruption in Ecuador, wildfires in the US state of Arizona and flash floods caused by heavy rains around the world.

Environmental Disasters Across World In June 2020

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 08:57:00 +0200haberler-en (en)

The sixth month of 2020 witnessed numerous environmental disasters that impaired climate change and vice versa -- including deadly landslides and cyclone in India, volcano eruption in Ecuador, wildfires in the US state of Arizona and flash floods caused by heavy rains around the world.

Environmental disasters across world in June 2020

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 08:41:00 +0200yenisafak-en (en)

The sixth month of 2020 witnessed numerous environmental disasters that impaired climate change and vice versa -- including deadly landslides and cyclone in India, volcano eruption in Ecuador, wildfires in the US state of Arizona and flash floods caused by heavy rains around the world.

Vestas blows strong in Japan with 76MW order

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 05:26:00 +0200renews (en)

Vestas has secured a 76MW turbine order for two wind farms in Japan’s Aomori prefecture. The orders are for the Chitose and Noheji Mutsuwan wind farms, which are being developed jointly by Tokyu Land Corporation and Japan Wind Development. Delivery of the turbines will begin in the first quarter of....

NGOs encouraged to join flood, drought relief work

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 05:11:00 +0200ecns (en)

Nongovernmental rescue teams' skills valued. Private individuals and NGOs will be encouraged to participate in the country's responses to floods and droughts, according to a notice released by the Ministry of Emergency Management on Saturday. As the country's flood season has begun, continuous....

Here Are Three Ways To Stay Safe During This Summer’s Flash Floods

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 04:17:00 +0200forbes (en)

Vehicles drive on floodwaters, Friday, May 5, 2017, in Newark, N.J. Heavy rains caused flooding in New York City and flight delays in the region. Flight-tracking website FlightAware said Newark Liberty International was seeing inbound flight delays of about three hours.

Necessity of a compact strategy for a common crisis

Tue, 30 Jun 2020 15:01:00 +0200dhakatribune (en)

First Covid-19 then Cyclone Amphan Every year people of South Asia face one or two cyclones - especially in the Bay of Bengal, becoming more and more intense and powerful day by day. In the last five years, seven cyclones struck the coast of Bangladesh and West Bengal, and three in Odisha.

Earth's final frontier: the global race to map the entire ocean floor

Tue, 30 Jun 2020 10:00:00 +0200guardian (en)

O n a wall facing Vicki Ferrini’s desk hangs a giant map of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans . At 6ft by 8ft, it’s the largest size available on the printer at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, where she works as a geoinformatics researcher. “I of course want it even bigger,” she says. The map is busier than a usual world map.

Vestas blows strong in Japan with 76MW order

Tue, 30 Jun 2020 09:42:00 +0200renews (en)

Vestas has secured a 76MW turbine order for two wind farm projects in Japan’s Aomori prefecture. The orders are for the Chitose and Noheji Mutsuwan wind farms, which are being developed jointly by Tokyu Land Corporation and Japan Wind Development. Delivery of the turbines will begin in the first....

Vestas develops wind energy solution for two high-wind sites in Japan

Tue, 30 Jun 2020 09:34:00 +0200AsiaOne (en)

TOKYO June 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- In partnership with Tokyu Land Corporation and Japan Wind Development, Vestas has secured a 76 MW order for Chitose Wind Farm and Noheji Mutsuwan Wind Farm in the Aomori prefecture of Japan. Due to the typhoon and earthquake prone environment of the region,....

Vestas develops wind energy solution for two high-wind sites in Japan

Tue, 30 Jun 2020 09:08:00 +0200markets-businessinsider (en)

TOKYO June 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- In partnership with Tokyu Land Corporation and Japan Wind Development, Vestas has secured a 76 MW order for Chitose Wind Farm and Noheji Mutsuwan Wind Farm in the Aomori prefecture of Japan. Due to the typhoon and earthquake prone environment of the region,....

October 1, 2016

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 22:28:00 +0200aoml (en)

By: Nicholas Komisarjevsky, Science Communications Intern NOAA AOML. There aren’t many people who can say they have flown directly into a hurricane, but on October 5, 2016, I had a very unique opportunity to fly into Hurricane Matthew with NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters .

Underwater Gliders Contribute to Atlantic Hurricane Season Operational Forecasts

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 22:28:00 +0200aoml (en)

Researchers from AOML’s Physical Oceanography Division and the Caribbean Regional Association for Coastal Ocean Observing System ( CARICOOS ) completed three underwater glider missions during the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season in support of NOAA’s Hurricane Field Program .

March 2, 2018

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 22:28:00 +0200aoml (en)

NOAA AOML scientists attended the Aviation Week and Science Technology Laureate Awards in Washington D.C. to receive Aviation Week magazine’s prestigious Laureate award for Dual Defense Use. The NOAA/Raytheon team was recognized for using Raytheon Coyote Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to track and model hurricanes.

Unmanned Ocean Gliders Help Improve Hurricane Forecasts

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 22:28:00 +0200aoml (en)

Unmanned Ocean Gliders Help Improve Hurricane Forecasts. NOAA will soon launch a fleet of 15 unmanned gliders in the Caribbean Sea and tropical Atlantic Ocean this hurricane season to collect important oceanic data that could prove useful to forecasters.

NOAA Hosts Open House

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 22:28:00 +0200aoml (en)

AOML partnered with NOAA’s Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) to host an open house for local students and the public on May 24th and 25th. The two-day event drew 425 students and 275 members of the public for a total of 700 visitors. Staff from Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen’s office....

NOAA Hurricane Hunters Fly Harvey & Irma

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 22:28:00 +0200aoml (en)

The 2017 hurricane season has already fulfilled forecaster predictions of a busy year. Hurricane Harvey rapidly strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane before making landfall in Texas, late on August 25th. Harvey was the first major hurricane to make landfall in the United States since Wilma in 2005.

Millions More US Homes Are at Risk of Flooding Than Previously Known, New Analysis Shows

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 18:05:00 +0200theepochtimes (en)

Millions more properties than previously known across the United States are at substantial risk of Those are the findings of a comprehensive new analysis by the First Street Foundation, a nonprofit research and technology group that experts say has put together the fullest picture yet of the country’s growing vulnerability to flooding.

Millions more US homes are at risk of flooding than previously known, new analysis shows

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 16:33:00 +0200newsnow-co-uk (en)

(CNN) — Millions more properties than previously known across the US are at substantial risk of flooding. And as climate change accelerates, many more will see their flood risk grow. Those are the findings of a comprehensive new analysis by the First Street Foundation, a nonprofit research and....

State department raises concern over lack of human trafficking convictions

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 14:13:00 +0200thenassauguardian (en)

For the sixth year in a row, The Bahamas held on to its tier one ranking in the U.S. Department of State’s 2020 Trafficking in Persons Report, as it continues to demonstrate “serious and sustained” efforts to combat trafficking. However, the state department raised concern over the lack of....

How likely is a hurricane strike on the 2020 GOP convention in Jacksonville?

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 14:02:00 +0200newsnow-co-uk (en)

The COVID-19 pandemic and anti-racism protests are already presenting challenges to Republican Party leaders planning the 2020 nominating convention in Jacksonville, Florida’s largest city. Add to that witch’s brew the calculation for a one in 50 chance a hurricane could cause major postponements or....

Former MP resurrects 121-year-old 'family tree' felled by hurricane

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 13:06:00 +0200CBC (en)

As far as Scott Brison is concerned, the 121-year-old tree that stands in front of his home in Cheverie, N.S. tells the story of his family. The former MP for Kings-Hants said the tree was on the property when his father bought it in 1954, and ever since, it's been part of the family's view overlooking the Minas Basin.