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🌫️ Sand and dust storms are major hazards. And here’s an example: Earlier this month, Libya was hit by strong southeasterly winds with speeds ranging from 50 to 80 km/h. These winds stirred dense dust and sand, causing a near-total loss of visibility in worst affeced areas, and causing significant structural damages and the collapse of building walls, electricity pylons and trees. Libya’s National Meteorological and Hydrological Service issued forecasts and early warnings to keep casualties to

WMO is one of the implementing partners of the Climate Risk and Early Warning Initiative (CREWS), which published its annual report today. It shows how many millions of people in some of the world’s most vulnerable communities now have access to better early warning services, thanks to the support of contributing Members of the CREWS Trust Fund. To date, the CREWS Trust Fund has received over US$ 66 million in project funding – with an increase of 21% in 2020 - and mobilized an additional US$ 33

🌏 Climate tipping points are a critical threshold beyond which a system re-organizes, often abruptly and/or irreversibly. Research on climate tipping points helps us to: 🔹 Better understand the physical processes that lead to tipping points 🔹 Increase knowledge of potential impacts on global and regional weather and climate 🔹 Evaluate potential impacts This information is critical to inform National Meteorological and Hydrological Services on how to prepare for and adapt to possible changes

Climate change, population increase, urbanization and environmental degradation are amplifying the impact of extreme weather, water and climate events such as tropical cyclones, floods and extreme heat on growing numbers of people. Improved early warning systems and more coordinated disaster risk reduction are more important than ever before. An international conference will therefore inject new urgency into the drive to improve warnings for an interlocking range of hazards, including non-hydrom

🌎 Climate change is disrupting the hydrological cycle, making droughts and pluvials more frequent and severe. A new NASA visualisation from GRACE/GRACE-FO satellites shows stark changes across North America between 2002 and 2024. 🔴 Dry events are shown as red spheres. 🔵 Wet events as blue — with colours deepening over time. This is what the water cycle looks like in a warming world. The World Meteorological Organization works to turn those insights into action, helping to protect lives and li