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India: How is climate change impacting menstrual health?

Women suffer increasing risks to their health in the wake of natural disasters, according to a UN report. Indian women tell the story of how Cyclone Amphan impacted their health.
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Survivors reel in aftermath of one of Africa’s deadliest cyclones

“Let me tell you, it is a serious situation. It is a tragedy,” says Paul Turnbull, Malawi Country Director of the World Food Programme. He is talking about the aftermath of Cyclone Freddy, one of the deadliest and long-lived tropical cyclones to have ever been recorded in Southern Africa.

NZ cities urgently need to become 'spongier' – but system change will be expensive

Flood and cyclone damage shows why turning Auckland and other urban parts of New Zealand into ‘sponge cities’ is the right idea. But overseas experience from China and beyond shows it won’t be cheap.

‘Polar vortex’ got you baffled? Try this extreme-weather guide

A handy explanation of some of the newer climatological verbiage.

Hundreds of thousands left without power in California as forecasters warn of 'relentless' cyclones

Hundreds of thousands of homes in California were left without power early Sunday after torrential downpours and high winds battered the northern part of the state, as forecasters warned of a “relentless parade of cyclones,” over the coming days.

Warmer subsurface waters in Bay of Bengal likely fuelled Amphan super cyclone: Study

Amphan was the first super cyclone in the Bay of Bengal in the last 21 years. It was also the costliest tropical cyclone on record in the North Indian Ocean, with reported economic losses of approximately $14 billion in India, according to the World Meteorological Organization.

Cyclone Batsirai leaves devastation and death in Madagascar

The island nation was still reeling from the effects of Tropical Storm Ana when the new storm struck, killing more than 20 people and displacing thousands.
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