In WMO's provisional annual statement released on Wednesday in Geneva, it has commended improved meteorological early warning systems and preparedness in India with "avoiding a major humanitarian disaster." Phailin which affected Odisha and Andhra Pradesh is the strongest storm in the North Indian basin since 1999 according to the report.
While the COP 19 has kicked off in Warsaw where governments would be negotiating to arrive at some decisions that may help control climate change, WMO's report is sounding alarm bells. It states that 2013 is on course to be among the top ten warmest years since modern records began in 1850.
The first nine months, January to September, tied with 2003 as the seventh warmest such period on record, with a global land and ocean surface temperature of about 0.48°C (0.86°F) above the 1961-1990 average. In fact, January-September 2013 was warmer than the same period in both 2011 and 2012, when La Nina had a cooling influence.
In contrast with 2012, when the United States, in particular, observed record high annual temperatures, the warmth in 2013 was most extreme in Australia.
"Temperatures so far this year are about the same as the average during 2001-2010, which was the warmest decade on record," said WMO secretary-general Michel Jarraud. "All of the warmest years have been since 1998 and this year once again continues the underlying, long-term trend. The coldest years now are warmer than the hottest years before 1998," he said.
As of early November, the Western North Pacific typhoon season recorded 30 storms, including 13 typhoons, which is above the 1981-2010 average of 26. Typhoon Haiyan (known in the Philippines as Yolanda) was one of the "most intense tropical cyclones ever to make landfall, and the most powerful cyclone of the year" cutting a devastating trail through the Philippines and seriously impacting on Viet Nam the report said.
"The Philippines is reeling from the devastation wreaked by Typhoon Haiyan, the most powerful tropical cyclone ever to hit the country and one of the most intense ever recorded anywhere. It is still struggling to recover from Typhoon Bopha (Pablo) one year ago. Although individual tropical cyclones cannot be directly attributed to climate change, higher sea levels are already making coastal populations more vulnerable to storm surges. We saw this with tragic consequences in the Philippines," Jarraud said.
He added that, although the relationship between climate change and the frequency of tropical cyclones is a matter of much research, it is expected that their impact will be more intense.
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