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Ocean heat fueled Fiji's Cyclone Winston, meteorologists say

2016-02-26 17:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Al Jazeera: Climate experts said Monday that ocean temperatures played a key role in strengthening Cyclone Winston, which slammed into Fiji on Saturday night with 200-mph winds, killing at least 29 people and flattening villages. The warmer the sea-surface temperature, the stronger a tropical cyclone can get, Bob Henson, a meteorologist and climate blogger at Weather Underground, told Al Jazeera in an email. Sea-surface temperatures have been especially warm this year across much of the tropical Pacific,...

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In Wake of Cyclone Winston, 350.org Pacific Stands with Fiji and Urges Global Climate Action

2016-02-26 12:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Blue and Green: Less than a week after Fiji became the first nation to ratify the Paris agreement, Tropical Cyclone Winston became the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere, wreaking havoc in Tonga and growing into an unpredictable and severe Category 5 system, leaving a trail of destruction across Fiji. As many Fijians are still reeling from the aftermath of severe Tropical Cyclone Winston, efforts are already underway to rebuild Fiji. The relationship between climate change and...

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Fiji sugar industry counting huge cost of Winston

2016-02-24 07:57:13| Sugar Industry News

Preliminary estimates by the Fiji Sugar Corporation have set the damage caused by cyclone Winston to sugar cane crops in the country at US $38.6 million.

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Cyclone Winston: at least five dead as Fiji begins clean-up after massive storm

2016-02-21 14:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

AAP: The death toll from a massive category five cyclone that swept through Fiji is now believed to have risen to at least 10. Fiji Broadcasting Corporation says authorities have confirmed 10 people lost their lives on the western side of the island group after Cyclone Winston hit over the weekend. Its not yet clear whether this number adds to the five deaths confirmed by the Fiji government on Sunday. FBC said the 10 fatalities occurred in Ra, Nadi and Lautoka and were caused mainly by flying debris...

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