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2010 extreme weather in China cost $75 billion, 4800 lives

by on 07. Feb, 2011 in Uncategorized

Song Lianchun, chief of the National Climate Center, said extreme weather last year caused the deaths of more than 4,800 people and resulted in direct economic losses of more than 500 billion yuan ($75 billion). He said 2010 was a freakish meteorological year for China, with severe weather hitting the country with a frequency and [...]

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WMO: High number of extreme weather events in 2010

by on 20. Jan, 2011 in Uncategorized

The year 2010 ranked as the warmest year on record, together with 2005 and 1998, according to the World Meteorological Organization. Data received by the WMO show no statistically significant difference between global temperatures in 2010, 2005 and 1998. In 2010, global average temperature was 0.53°C (0.95°F) above the 1961-90 mean. This value is 0.01°C [...]

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2010 India’s hottest year on record

by on 18. Jan, 2011 in Uncategorized

2010 was the warmest year ever in India since weather records began in 1901. The Indian Meteorological Department announced on Thursday that the mean annual temperature in the country during 2010 was as much as 0.93 degrees Celsius higher than the long term (1961-1990) average. IMD officials said the record heat in 2010 was a [...]