http://www.news24.com/Tags/Topics/weather Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Mon, 20 May 2013 01:25:30 +0200 A baby boyborn in a Bangladeshi storm shelter has been named after an impending cyclone by villagers who hope the gesture will protect them from the storm's wrath, an official says. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Baby-Mahasen-named-after-cyclone-20130517-2 Bangladesh has began cleaning up after a killer cyclone wrecked thousands of homes along its coast while breathing a sigh of relief that the damage was not much worse. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Bangladesh-cleans-up-after-killer-cyclone-20130517 Cyclone Mahasan has weakened into a tropical storm, causing far less damage than had been feared as it passed over Bangladesh and sparing Myanmar almost entirely. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Cyclone-fizzles-as-it-hits-Bangladesh-20130516 At least six people have been killed after a spring tornado outbreak devastated parts of Texas, destroying or damaging dozens of homes and injuring dozens of people. http://www.news24.com/World/News/At-least-6-dead-in-Texas-tornado-20130516 A cyclone has ripped into the Bangladeshi coast as hundreds of thousands of people hunkered down in evacuation shelters including in a region of Myanmar torn by communal unrest. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Cyclone-Mahasen-rips-into-Bangladesh-20130516 An evacuation to clear camps ahead of a cyclone has run into a snag: Many members of the Rohingya minority living in the camps have refused to leave, distrustful of Myanmar authorities. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Rohingya-distrust-cyclone-evacuation-order-20130515 Authorities in Myanmar are struggling to evacuate tens of thousands of people, most of them Rohingya Muslims fleeing religious unrest, before a cyclone reaches camps in low-lying regions. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Cyclone-Myanmar-works-to-evacuate-camps-20130515 Bangladesh has ordered the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people as forecasters say a cyclonic storm is set to hit low-lying coastal areas. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Bangladesh-orders-evacuation-over-cyclone-20130515 Fifty-eight Rohingya Muslims have reportedly gone missing after their boat capsized off the Myanmar coast as they tried to flee a looming cyclone. http://www.news24.com/World/News/58-missing-after-Myanmar-boat-capsizes-20130514 Several overcrowded boats carrying more than 100 Rohingya Muslims trying to escape an approaching cyclone have capsized off the coast of western Myanmar, says the United Nations. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Boats-carrying-fleeing-Rohingya-capsize-20130514 Amid concerns about a possible disaster, thousands of people displaced by communal violence last year in Myanmar have been evacuated from makeshift camps to safer ground ahead of a cyclone. http://www.news24.com/Green/News/Evacuations-in-Myanmar-ahead-of-cyclone-20130513 A tropical cyclone has churned over the Bay of Bengal, prompting authorities to alert nearly 50 000 volunteers in coastal districts of Bangladesh, officials say. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Cyclone-threatens-Bangladesh-20130513-3 Authorities in Puerto Rico have removed at least 59 corpses from a flooded cemetery after heavy rains in the town of Lares. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Corpses-removed-from-flooded-cemetery-20130512 About 6 000 people who live on the northern atolls of the Marshall Islands are facing an acute shortage of fresh water as a severe drought worsens. http://www.news24.com/Green/News/Marshall-Islanders-face-water-shortage-20130510 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the latest data confirmed its forecast that El Niño was unlikely to cause extreme weather in the Northern Hemisphere. http://www.news24.com/Green/News/El-Nio-wont-disrupt-norths-summer-20130509 As many as 143 000 New York City voters will have to find new places to vote other than their regular polling locations due to disruptions caused by superstorm Sandy, says Mayor Michael Bloomberg. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Voting-a-challenge-in-storm-struck-NYC-20121105