Mocha: Most models predict storm will strike Myanmar. Is the country prepared?
The country’s last major cyclone, Nargis in 2008, claimed over 84,000 lives
Fani to be second severe April cyclone to make landfall in India in 118 years
April storms are rare and are usually extremely severe; the last such storm, Cyclone Nargis, devastated Myanmar in 2008
Cyclones and climate change
Some climate models predict two- to seven- fold increase in the frequency of Hurricane Katrina magnitude events for a 1°C rise in global …
2001-2010: Warmest decade on record
Climate change is happening now and is not some distant future event: World Meteorological Organization general secretary