U-turning Tropical Depression that hit Penang still located at Gulf of Thailand
7 November 2017 According to the Typhoon trajectory projection from JTWC, the tropical depression that…
Tropical Cyclone
Flood
News: Penang Worst Floods 2017
Penang paralysed by floods The Star, 5 Nov 2017 GEORGE TOWN: The flood situation in…
Tsunami
World Tsunami Awareness Day 2017
Tsunamis are rare. But they can be extremely deadly. In the past 100 years, more…
Climate Change
Video
Understanding Carbon Cycle
The animation on “The carbon cycle” provides basic background about rising atmospheric levels of greenhouse…
Article & Report
Climate Change
WMO: Greenhouse gas concentrations surge to new record
WMO, 30 October 2017 Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere surged at a record-breaking speed…
News
Tornado
Video
Waterspout at Penang Straits 槟城大桥水龙卷
Waterspout occurred again near Penang Bridge on 29 Oct 2017 (more…)
Earthquake
News
新闻：大马並非零地震 推行防震不能拖
东方Online, 27 Oct 2017, 特约：墨人 「马来西亚没有火山地震，真是得天独厚」这种说法，对我国许多人而言，是真理。国人在观看他国地震灾情的时候，彷彿是透过玻璃橱窗围观一头巨兽，深信这只不过是远在天边的灾区人们面对的梦魘，绝对不会在自己家园出现。 (more…)
Haze
Wild Fire
News: Fewer forest fires, land burned in Indonesia this year
The Straits Times, 25 Oct 2017 JAKARTA - The number of forest fires across Indonesia…
Drought
ENSO
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Wild Fire
Global Tree Cover Loss Reached Record High in 2016
Global Forest Watch, By Mikaela Weisse and Liz Goldman 18 Oct 2017 Global tree cover loss reached a record…
Disaster Preparedness
IDDR
International Day for Disaster Reduction 2017
International Day for Disaster Reduction began in 1989, after a call by the United Nations…