Dubai has been left reeling after the equivalent of a year and a half’s worth of rain fell in just a few hours. There have so far been 20 deaths in the UAE and neighbouring Oman as a result of the flooding. The arid city-state Dubai — the largest city in the UAE — has […]
A cruise ship has returned to the UK after 100 passengers were injured in a ‘frightening’ storm off western France. Saga’s Spirit of Discovery encountered “gale force winds and nine-metre high waves” in the Bay of Biscay on Saturday (4 November 2023), after bad weather hit. The incident happened when the ship’s propulsion safety system activated […]
All of the docked 90-strong fleet of the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre race have been kept safe and secure through last night’s Storm Ciarán, which ravaged the Brittany coast and the English Channel. Meteo France says it recorded gusts of over 80kts last night. The Transat Jacques Vabre is a major event on […]
An ‘idiot’ tourist taking a selfie on a pier has been knocked over by waves, as Storm Ciarán lashes the southeast coast of the UK. HM Coastguard has issued a safety warning, insisting no photo is worth dying for, after a number of people were filmed walking along Whitby’s East Pier in dangerous conditions. One […]
Weeks of severe drought across Europe have seen water levels in rivers and lakes drop to some of the lowest levels on record, with two-thirds of the continent now in a state of alert or warning. Thanks to low water levels, dozens of German warships, which were sunk during World War II, have resurfaced in […]
The Met Office has signed a multimillion-pound agreement with Microsoft for the provision of a world-leading supercomputing capability that will take weather and climate forecasting to the next level. This new supercomputer – expected to be the world’s most advanced dedicated to weather and climate – will be in the top 25 supercomputers in the […]
Cowes Harbour Commission (CHC) and OceanWise Ltd. have completed a Stakeholder Benefit project to install two environmental monitoring stations on the River Medina. CHC says the new monitoring stations are designed to provide harbour users with tide and weather data to enable commercial and leisure vessels to make timely, safety related navigational decisions. A fixed […]
Investing in weather and vessel motion forecasting can prevent lost containers and damaged vessels for container ship operators, according to Riviera. The growing number of multi-million dollar maritime losses involving containers going overboard and damaged stacks highlights the need for better voyage planning to avoid hazardous weather and sea conditions. While proper packing, stowage, securing containers […]