Monsoon

  • strict warning: Non-static method view::load() should not be called statically in /home/climate/public_html/sites/default/modules/views/views.module on line 879.
  • strict warning: Declaration of views_handler_argument::init() should be compatible with views_handler::init(&$view, $options) in /home/climate/public_html/sites/default/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_argument.inc on line 745.
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  • strict warning: Declaration of views_handler_filter::options_submit() should be compatible with views_handler::options_submit($form, &$form_state) in /home/climate/public_html/sites/default/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_filter.inc on line 589.
  • strict warning: Declaration of views_handler_filter_node_status::operator_form() should be compatible with views_handler_filter::operator_form(&$form, &$form_state) in /home/climate/public_html/sites/default/modules/views/modules/node/views_handler_filter_node_status.inc on line 14.
  • strict warning: Non-static method view::load() should not be called statically in /home/climate/public_html/sites/default/modules/views/views.module on line 879.
  • strict warning: Declaration of views_plugin_style_default::options() should be compatible with views_object::options() in /home/climate/public_html/sites/default/modules/views/plugins/views_plugin_style_default.inc on line 25.
  • strict warning: Declaration of views_plugin_row::options_validate() should be compatible with views_plugin::options_validate(&$form, &$form_state) in /home/climate/public_html/sites/default/modules/views/plugins/views_plugin_row.inc on line 135.
  • strict warning: Declaration of views_plugin_row::options_submit() should be compatible with views_plugin::options_submit(&$form, &$form_state) in /home/climate/public_html/sites/default/modules/views/plugins/views_plugin_row.inc on line 135.
  • warning: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected the timezone 'UTC' for now, but please set date.timezone to select your timezone. in /home/climate/public_html/sites/default/themes/blogbuzz/node-blog.tpl.php on line 20.
  • warning: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected the timezone 'UTC' for now, but please set date.timezone to select your timezone. in /home/climate/public_html/sites/default/themes/blogbuzz/node-blog.tpl.php on line 20.
  • warning: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected the timezone 'UTC' for now, but please set date.timezone to select your timezone. in /home/climate/public_html/sites/default/themes/blogbuzz/node-blog.tpl.php on line 20.
  • warning: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected the timezone 'UTC' for now, but please set date.timezone to select your timezone. in /home/climate/public_html/sites/default/themes/blogbuzz/node-blog.tpl.php on line 20.
  • warning: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected the timezone 'UTC' for now, but please set date.timezone to select your timezone. in /home/climate/public_html/sites/default/themes/blogbuzz/node.tpl.php on line 27.
  • warning: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected the timezone 'UTC' for now, but please set date.timezone to select your timezone. in /home/climate/public_html/sites/default/themes/blogbuzz/node-blog.tpl.php on line 20.
  • warning: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected the timezone 'UTC' for now, but please set date.timezone to select your timezone. in /home/climate/public_html/sites/default/themes/blogbuzz/node-blog.tpl.php on line 20.
  • warning: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected the timezone 'UTC' for now, but please set date.timezone to select your timezone. in /home/climate/public_html/sites/default/themes/blogbuzz/node.tpl.php on line 27.
  • strict warning: Non-static method view::load() should not be called statically in /home/climate/public_html/sites/default/modules/views/views.module on line 879.
07 Aug

Pakistan has been hit by the worst flood in history

Posted by climatechange in Monsoon

Pakistan's northern and northwestern provinces are hit by strong monsoon rains and rainwater is causing havoc in Punjab, Swat Valley and even Sindh. Pakistan's disaster management authority estimated that 650,000 houses have been damaged or destroyed.

25 Apr

Monsoon and megadroguhts

Posted by climatechange in Monsoon

A recent article in the journal Science discusses the historical droughts over Asia, based on tree-ring data. It is a first attempt to provide a spatial distribution of monsoon rainfalls based on those proxy data.

One dead, several injured for water in Mumbai

Posted on 03. Dec, 2009 by earthman in Monsoon
03 Dec

Half-precessional dynamics of monsoon rainfall in East Africa

Posted by climatechange in Monsoon

A recent reaserch article in the journal Nature show that monsoon rainfall in East Africa varied at half-precessional (~11,500-year) intervals, because the southeasterly and northeasterly Indian Ocean monsoons, which together create the bimodal seasonal distribution of equatorial rainfall, were strengthened in alternation when the inter-hemispheric insolation gradient was maximized.

Saudi Arabia floods cause more deaths

Posted on 30. Nov, 2009 by earthman in Monsoon

Torrential rain waters inundated the Red Sea port on Wednesday after Saudi Arabia saw some of the heaviest rainfall in years. Some 1,400 residents had to be rescued. Officials say that the number of dead in has risen to around 100.
Watch the video:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8384866.stm