Tag: precipitation
Lassa fever is spreading thanks to climate change
More than 600 million people could be threatened by the dangerous Lassa virus in the future. Over the next 50 years, changes in climate and land use will significantly increase…
Video: Flood situation in Pakistan still tense – new precipitation forecast
STORY: The situation in the flooded areas in Pakistan remains tense. For about three months, the country has been battling flooding caused by heavy monsoon rains. Millions of people are…
High “Oscar”: Continued high temperatures and hardly any precipitation
High “Oscars” Continued high temperatures and hardly any precipitation A canoe drives past the dry groynes on the banks of the Rhine. Less and less water is expected to flow…
Weather: Why it is so dry in Franconia – and not in the south – Bavaria
It’s dry in Franconia. In Würzburg, Bamberg, Nuremberg and Hof, the data from the German Weather Service has shown only a few and, if so, only weak precipitation in the…
With around 100mm of precipitation, it has never rained so much in 24 hours
Yet accustomed to the rain, the people of Nantes have never seen so much fall in the past 24 hours. While the Loire-Atlantique department was placed in red vigilance, on…