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Powerful El Niño intensifying in Asia and the Pacific region: UN

Powerful El Niño intensifying in Asia and the Pacific region: UN

Dec 11, 2015, at 03:01 pm

New York, Dec 11 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The ongoing El Niño weather pattern in the Asia and Pacific is likely to be one of the strongest since 1998 and will continue into early 2016, according to a new United Nations advisory, which urges regional cooperation for early warning, in-season mitigation, and long-term adaptation strategies to curb climate risk.

El Niño will 'test' disaster resilience in hazard-prone Pacific region: UN

El Niño will 'test' disaster resilience in hazard-prone Pacific region: UN

Oct 27, 2015, at 02:46 pm

New York, Oct 27 (IBNS): Amid growing fears that the irregular climatic activities of El Niño will result in severe weather events across the hazard-prone region of small islands and atolls in the Pacific, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) on Monday addressed a gathering in Suva, Fiji, of disaster reduction and humanitarian response partners from across the region at a joint programme of events around regional resilience to disasters and emergency management.