Annual climate summary 2023
The report discusses the climate condition over Indian region during the year 2023. Notably, global temperatures soared to exceptionally high levels during this period (WMO.No.1347). The India Meteorological
The report discusses the climate condition over Indian region during the year 2023. Notably, global temperatures soared to exceptionally high levels during this period (WMO.No.1347). The India Meteorological
IMD says south-west monsoon likely to be 98% of the long-term average India is on course this year for normal monsoon rains, following the previous year
The government on Tuesday forecast normal monsoon rains for the country in 2011, boosting prospects of the farm sector and giving respite to policymakers struggling to check rising inflation. Quantitatively, the overall rainfall is likely to be 98% of the long-period average with a 5% margin of error, minister for earth sciences Pawan Kumar Bansal said.
Due to heavy rain in the region, six people were killed in two separate incidents of house collapse in Doda district and Bishnah.
Sonepat: A number of villages in Sonepat, Kharkhoda, Rai and Gannaur blocks of the district were lashed by hailstorm for around 10 minutes, causing damage to standing crops and hampering the work of harvesting and thrashing of wheat crop.
<p>Down To Earth finds out how once-parched and barren district of Rajasthan, Barmer now sees development all around, thanks to the flood and rains.</p>
GANDHINAGAR: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has proposed that cities across the country should set up an automatic rainfall gauge every four sq km area. Vice-chairman of NDMA M Shashidhar Reddy released the guidelines for management of urban flooding on Thursday at the opening of the 3-day international conference on "Post-Earthquake Reconstruction: Lessons Learnt and Way For
Heavy unseasonal showers accompanied by thunder and streaks of lightning lashed several places in the State, including its Capital, on Sunday evening bringing much needed respite from the soaring mercury. With the temperature hovering between 32 and 24 degrees Celsius in the past few days, the steady drizzle brought in some calm, even as Goa expects the weather to turn on the heat this Summer.
SRINAGAR Amid fresh rain and snowfall, the unusual cold spell for April continued to shiver people in Kashmir valley today with day temperature in Srinagar, the summer capital of the State, plunging to nearly seven degree centigrade below the normal.
<p>Oysters play important roles in estuarine ecosystems but have suffered recently due to overfishing, pollution, and habitat loss. A tradeoff between growth rate and disease prevalence as a function of salinity makes the estuarine salinity transition of special concern for oyster survival and restoration.
A road diversion on the Una-Amb road near Jhalera village that is being constructed by Longjian, a Chinese company, was washed away after rain yesterday evening. The washed away diversion has established the fears being expressed by farmers of the area. The village panchayat, Jhalera, had written to the DC against the poor construction of the road diversion.