Asian Pollution Affects Pacific Storms
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By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID  WASHINGTON - Pollution from Asia is helping generate stronger storms over the North Pacific, according to new research. Changes in the North Pacific storm track could have an impact on weather across the Northern Hemisphere.
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Tokyo, Oct. 21 (NNN): At least 48 people were killed and 33 were reported missing as Typhoon Tokage, the deadliest storm in more than a decade unleashed flash floods that washed away entire hillsides before going east into the Pacific Ocean.
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Asian telecommunication carriers are mobilizing to help those affected by the weekend's devastating earthquakes off Indonesia and subsequent tsunami waves.
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A mild El Nino is developing in the Pacific Ocean, climate experts said Friday. El Ninos can affect weather in other areas, sometimes worldwide.
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The most powerful typhoon to barrel into Japan&#39;s Pacific coastline in a decade made its landfall on Saturday. It unleashed gales and blinding sheets of rain that ground planes, flood homes and set off mudslides.
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The most powerful typhoon to barrel into Japan's Pacific coastline in a decade made landfall Saturday, unleashing gusts and torrential rains that grounded planes, flooded homes and triggered landslides. One person was dead and another missing.
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Huge casualties are reported from tidal waves and earth tremors in southern and eastern Asia.
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Recent storms, droughts and heat waves are probably being caused by global warming, which means the effects of climate change are coming
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The rain that has drenched California for the past several days is being caused by a cold front from the northern Pacific combining with moisture from the southern Pacific.
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Typhoon Utor swept out of the Philippines killing four people, including three children, and stranding thousands on Monday after high winds and waves tore up power lines and communication links in the archipelago.
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Two tropical cyclones are bearing down  on three South Pacific island nations creating a "critically  dangerous situation," weather officials said on Tuesday.
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A typhoon moving towards Japan was  forecast on Wednesday to hit a region near Tokyo later in the  week and bring heavy rains and strong winds to the capital.
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A creeping rise in sea levels tied to global warming, pollution and damage to coral reefs may make coastlines even more vulnerable to disasters like tsunamis or storms in future, experts said Monday.
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Asia's economic boom has caused a surge in car and motorcycle sales, undercutting efforts to promote public transport in the region and clean up its dirty skies, delegates told a pollution conference Thursday.
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TYPHOON Meari lashed Japan&#39;s southern islands today with heavy rains and winds that injured one man and reportedly killed another, and prompted authorities in Taiwan to issue a warning of rough seas.
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Pollution from Asia is causing more intense storms that may be affecting worldwide temperatures and contributing to polar warming, a new study finds.
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Cities around the world are facing the danger of rising seas and other disasters related to climate change.