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
Rainfall
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Heavy rains bring flooding to parts of Kenya
The rain-bearing intertropical belt of cloud passes quickly through the country, usually in April and again in October. These rains are known as the North and South monsoons respectively. Because
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Exploitation of groundwater in India for meeting short-term demand can hamper long-term goals, expert says
CHENNAI: Rapid industrialisation during the last few centuries have increased greenhouse gas emissions, leading to global warming. Added to this, there are other climate-related issues due to urbanisation
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Nigeria: Rainstorm Destroys 200 Houses in Ekiti
Ado-Ekiti — Rainstorm has destroyed over 200 houses within the first two months in Ekiti State this year. The General Manager of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Jide Borode in a statement
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Death toll from Mozambique summer rains reaches 50
MAPUTO (Reuters) - The southern hemisphere summer rainy season has killed 50 people in Mozambique since October, the country’s National Institute for Disaster Management (INGC) said in its latest update
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Angola: Heavy Rains Create Havoc Across Country
Luanda — The heavy rains battering across the country have caused huge damages and inundated many houses due to the poor drainage systems of the cities, said on Wednesday, in Luanda, the commander of the
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East Africa: Tanzania, Region Warned to Brace for Floods
Authorities in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA), including Tanzania, have been advised to take precaution against predicted floods in some countries in the region, due to normal and above normal rainfall
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Dry Spells, Fall Armyworm Raise Concerns about Food Security in Southern Africa
The United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization says prolonged dry spells, erratic rainfall, high temperatures and the presence of the voracious fall armyworm have significantly dampened Southern
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For global water crisis, climate may be the last straw
Waiting for the rain: Scientific scenarios predict that as a rule of thumb, dry regions will become drier and wet regions become wetter when climate change goes into higher gear Before man-made climate
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Southern Africa: Poor Rains And Crop Infestation Threaten Deeper Hunger Across Southern Africa
Johannesburg — The twin scourges of another prolonged dry spell and an invasive crop-eating worm are set to sharply curtail harvests across southern Africa, driving millions of people – most of them children
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Modelling vadose zone processes for assessing groundwater recharge in semi-arid region
<p>Normally groundwater recharge is estimated using methods based on water balance, water table fluctuations, fixed factor of annual rainfall and tracer movement. In many of these methods water stored