Category Archives: Natural Calamities

Tracking Tornadoes in Real Time

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Rashid Faridi

Wednesday’s tornadic supercell storms that killed upwards of 280 people in a wind-driven rampage across the Midwestern United States is the first of its caliber to have been forecasted and monitored through its progression with such first-hand accounts and eyes-in-the-sky … Continue reading →

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India’s tsunami warning centre working well

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Rashid Faridi

After the December 26, 2004 tsunami, the Government of India invested heavily in putting together state-of-the-art infrastructure, information technology and resources to set up the Tsunami Early Warning Centre at the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) in … Continue reading →

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NASA’s Aqua Satellite Spots Rare Southern Atlantic Sub-Tropical Storm Arani

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Rashid Faridi

NASA’s Aqua satellite spotted some strong convection in a recently formed low pressure area that strengthened into Sub-Tropical Storm Arani in the South Atlantic. Arani formed near the coast of Brazil and is now moving away from it. Tropical cyclones … Continue reading →

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Flood control in the Netherlands

Posted on March 29, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

Netherlands has been struggling against floods since the first people settled there. Over 60% of the country lies beneath mean sea-level. Countless people have lost their homes and their lives to floods from the sea or the rivers that could … Continue reading →

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