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What an El Niño year means for India’s monsoon

Rain due to El Nino

Published 5 days ago

China successfully test-fires strategic missile into Pacific Ocean

China launches strategic missile into Pacific Ocean, says Navy.

Updated 7 days ago

Understanding the changing strategic logic of the Indo-Pacific

India provides one of the clearest illustrations. The Indo-Pacific framework elevated New Delhi as a central pillar of a wider balancing coalition.

Updated 11 days ago

El Nino is here and scientists fear it'll be big, bad and costly

A farmer stands while working at a rice paddy field, as the government urged farmers to immediately replant their plots, responding to the erratic forces of weather for a possible prolonged dry spell linked to El Nino, in Cirebon regency, West Java province, Indonesia, June 4, 2026.

Published 31 days ago

'Super’ El Niño to hit Earth in coming months; world braces for intense weather

Honduras has decided to shorten the school-day and hold virtual classes due to the high temperatures that could intensify due to El Nino phenomenon.

Updated 60 days ago

Artemis II astronauts return to Earth, splash down in Pacific Ocean

Artemis-2 splashed down in Pacific Ocean

Updated 93 days ago

14 alleged drug smugglers killed in US military strikes in Pacific ocean

This combination of screen grabs images from a video posted by US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on his X account on October 22, 2025, shows what Hegseth says is US military forces conducting a strike on a vessel being operated by a "designated terrorist organization conducting narco-trafficking" in the Eastern Pacific Ocean on October 21, 2025.

Updated 257 days ago

Timeline of US attacks off South America and what Congress has said

Donald Trump asserted that the US is engaged in an “armed conflict” with drug cartels, relying on the same legal authority used by the Bush administration when it declared a war on terror.

Published 263 days ago

Tsunami warnings fade after strongest earthquake in 14 years hits Russia

A tsunami hazard zone sign is posted near Santa Monica beach with an advisory in effect in other parts of California after the 8.8 earthquake in Russia.

Updated 347 days ago

Watch: Tsunami waves reach Hawaii, harbours shut, ships to stay offshore

Screengrab from live stream shows Hawaii beach as tsunami waves hit after Kamchatka earthquake

Updated 348 days ago

‘Tsunamis will hit repeatedly’: US, Japan on alert after Russia quake | Updates

The quake had an initial estimated magnitude of 8 which was later upgraded to 8.7.

Updated 348 days ago

Kamchatka earthquake: Hawaii under Tsunami watch as quake hits Russia

Representational image.

Updated 348 days ago

Hurricane Iona and Tropical Storm Keli rumble in the central Pacific off Hawaii

Hurricane Iona is the first named storm of the hurricane season in the central Pacific and emerged Sunday from a tropical depression. It continues to trek west over warm, open waters.

Published 348 days ago

Magnitude-6.6 earthquake hits South Pacific near Samoa

A working seismograph is shown in a display about earthquakes.

Published 353 days ago

Japan urges China to stop flying fighter jets too close to its military planes

Japan is concerned about China's acceleration of its military buildup, especially in Japan's southwestern areas.

Published 367 days ago

Space burial turns tragic: Capsule with ashes of 166 people crashes into Pacific

A German startup launched the Nyx capsule on "Mission Possible", carrying the remains of 166 people.

Updated 372 days ago

Morning Midas cargo ship: EVs behind fire, sinking of 3000 vehicles off Alaska

Smoke rises from a fire aboard the cargo vessel Morning Midas, carrying around 3,000 vehicles, including 800 electric vehicles

Updated 382 days ago

Cargo ship carrying 800 EVs sinks in Pacific Ocean after catching fire

Morning Midas, a 600-foot cargo ship, had caught fire around 300 miles off the Alaskan coast on June 3 and sent out a distress signal, to which the US coast guard responded

Updated 383 days ago

How many B-2 stealth bombers has US sent to Guam amid Israel-Iran fallout?

B-2 stealth bombers

Updated 386 days ago

Weather Bee: Is this an unusually short La Nina?

The length of the ongoing La Nina is indeed somewhat unusual. (AP Photo)

Updated 493 days ago

An unexpected anomaly was found in the Pacific Ocean – and it could be a global time marker

An unexpected anomaly was found in the Pacific Ocean – and it could be a global time marker

Published 513 days ago

Humpback whale swims over 13,000 km setting a new record in quest for a mate

A male humpback whale set a record by migrating 13,046 km from South America to Africa.

Published 575 days ago

Hurricane Kristy strengthens into Category 3 storm in Pacific Ocean

This satellite image provided by NOAA on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024 shows Hurricane Kristy. (NOAA via AP)

Published 627 days ago

Japan travel update: Bullet trains resume service after Typhoon Ampil passes

People wearing yukata taking pictures at Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district. Japan travel update: Bullet trains and flights resume service after Typhoon Ampil passes, Tokyo beaches remain closed

Published 695 days ago

HT This Day: July 25, 1969 -- Moon men are back home: All’s fine as trio boards the Hornet

HT This Day: July 25, 1969 -- Moon men are back home: All’s fine as trio boards the Hornet (HT)

Published 719 days ago

Weather Bee | Why did Australia's BOM declare the end of El Niño?

El Nino is a periodic warming of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. (Twitter)

Published 809 days ago

Weather Bee | How strong is the current El Niño cycle?

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast for the April-June season published on April 1 shows that almost the entire country is going to suffer a higher-than-usual number of heat waves. (Representative file photo)

Published 831 days ago

Mexico launches historic train line connecting Gulf Coast to Pacific Ocean

The Inter-Oceanic Train, that crosses the country's narrowest point from the Gulf coast to the Pacific Ocean, in Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico, is seen in this handout

Published 933 days ago

Japan issues tsunami advisory following earthquake near Pacific islands

The quake was not felt on the islands or in the Tokyo region, but the meteorological agency warned a tsunami as high as 1 meter (3.2 feet) could reach coastal areas of the islands. (Representational Image) (File)

Published 1012 days ago

Going nuclear about Fukushima's waste

Demonstrators hold signs reading "No Dumping" and "No to the Sea, Yes in the Land" during a protest against Japan's plan to release treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear disaster site into the Pacific Ocean, in Seoul, South Korea

Published 1039 days ago

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