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The ocean near Cabo Verde is an area of tropical cyclone formation; since these storms have the whole Atlantic over which to develop as they move westward, they are among the most intense hurricanes, and are called Cape Verde-type hurricanes. The Cape Verde islands are a very degradated area. Also, most islands do not always get a monsoon.
From January 16 to 19, ... This is a timeline of weather events during 2019. ... in damage across West Africa, Cape Verde, the Lesser Antilles, the Eastern United ...
12 January – The nation is malaria-free for the first time in 50 years. [1] 4 August – Daniel Varela de Pina wins a bronze medal in Men's flyweight boxing, earning Cape Verde its first ever Olympic medal. [2]
Cape Verde (/ ˈ v ɜːr d (i)/ ⓘ, VURD(-ee)) or Cabo Verde (/ ˌ k ɑː b oʊ ˈ v ɜːr d eɪ / ⓘ KAH-boh VUR-day, / ˌ k æ b oʊ-/ KAB-oh -, [ˈkabu ˈveɾdɨ]), officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about 4,033 square kilometres ...
CAGs are also slow-moving and can last on the order of days to weeks as they move over Central America and persistently generate inclement weather. [3] [4] [6] Consequently, with the aid of the nearby ocean waters, [7] CAGs can produce prolific amounts of rainfall over Central America, presenting a risk for flash floods and mudslides.
Monte Velha is a peak in the northeastern part of the island of Fogo in Cape Verde. Its elevation is 1,482 m. [1] It is a subpeak of the Pico do Fogo volcano, located at the northeastern end of the crater rim. It lies within the municipality of Mosteiros, 4 km southwest of the city centre.
January 2020 had an average global surface land and water temperature of 55.65 °F (13.14 °C), which was 2.05°F (1.14°C) above the 20th century average. This made January 2020 the warmest January on record, surpassing 2016 by 0.04°F (0.02°C). The month's departure from the average was the fourth highest of any month ever recorded.
Twenty nations took part in the GATE research project in 1974, where Douglas DC-6 aircraft examined tropical waves which spawned Cape Verde hurricanes. [3] In 2006, there was a two-month research project known as NAMMA-06 (short for NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Activities) [4] which flew Douglas DC-8s into seedling disturbances in the eastern Atlantic which had the potential to ...