In #Bangladesh: building #climate-proof homes with input from local experience.
"In Satkhira, Moni's house - one of 35 built by BRAC post-#Amphan at the cost of about 700,000 Taka ($6,400) per home - is big enough to act as a refuge during #storms, and is equipped with #water tanks that collect and filter rainfall so drinking water can be shared with the wider community in the dry season."
June 2022 research article by Rathore et al analyses how a strong #Marine #HeatWave in May 2020 in the western #Bay of #Bengal facilitated the rapid intensification of #tropical #cyclone #Amphan to a #SuperCyclone in just 24 hours.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fclim.2022.861477/full
Interactions are diagnosed between a marine heatwave (MHW) event and tropical super cyclone Amphan in the Bay of Bengal. In May 2020, an MHW developed in the Bay of Bengal driven by coupled ocean-atmosphere processes which included shoaling of the mixed layer depth due to reduced wind speed, increased net surface shortwave radiation flux into the ocean, increased upper ocean stratification, and increased sub-surface warming. Ocean temperature, rather than salinity, dominated the stratification that contributed to the MHW development and the subsurface ocean warming that also increased tropical cyclone heat potential. The presence of this strong MHW with sea surface temperature anomalies >2.5°C in the western Bay of Bengal coincided with the cyclone track and facilitated the rapid intensification of tropical cyclone Amphan to a super cyclone in just 24 h. This rapid intensification of a short-lived tropical cyclone, with a lifespan of 5 days over the ocean, is unprecedented in the Bay of Bengal during the pre-monsoon period (March-May). As the cyclone approached landfall in northern India, the wind-induced mixing deepened the mixed layer, cooled the ocean's surface, and reduced sub-surface warming in the bay, resulting in the demise of the MHW. This study provides new perspectives on the interactions between MHWs and tropical cyclones that could aid in improving the current understanding of compound extreme events that have severe socio-economic consequences in affected cou...
#ClimateChange increases the frequency of #cyclones in #India. It shows the vulnerability to #HeavyRain, #storm and #flooding. The impact of cyclone #Nisarga (#Maharashtra #Gujarat) and #Amphan (#WestBengal #Odisha) have reinforced the urgency of #ClimateChangeAdaptation and #DisasterRiskManagement: #Adaptation such as protecting #mangroves and #wetlands, #EarlyWarningSystems, #LandUsePlanning and infrastructure like #drainage systems.
https://science.thewire.in/environment/india-cyclones-climate-change-reslience
#Mumbai #Kolkata #IPCC
#Nisarga, #Amphan से कैसे अलग?
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The pictures from different parts of the state including Dumdum airport and the College Street in Kolkata clearly shows the devastation caused by #Amphan .The State Govt is yet to reach many areas affected.The Centre must declare this as a National Calamity and help the State
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“The pictures from different parts of the state including Dumdum airport and the College Street in Kolkata clearly shows the devastation caused by #Amphan .The State Govt is yet to reach many areas affected.The Centre must declare this as a National Calamity and help the State”
Mobile data networks were down in West Bengal the whole day. Watching Bengali news channels and seeing the devastation wrought by #Amphan while sitting in Siliguri didn't help much.
Heartbreaking to see my alma mater like this. #PresidencyCollege #PresidencyUniversity
Thankfully my workplace in Midnapore was spared the wrath of the Cyclone. But East Midnapore will take a long time to bounce back, along with the two 24 Parganas and Nadia districts.
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