Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Warm oceans seem to be turning even ‘weak’ cyclones into deadly rainmakers

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Ligin Joseph, PhD Candidate, Oceanography, University of Southampton

The final week of November was devastating for several South Asian countries. Communities in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand were inundated as Cyclones Ditwah and Senyar unleashed days of relentless rain. Millions were affected, more than 1,500 people lost their lives, hundreds are still missing, and damages ran into multiple millions of US dollars. Sri Lanka’s president even described it as the most challenging natural disaster the…

Lire l'article complet