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 leave 40 Solwezi families stranded
Forty (40) families in Solwezi District in North Western Province have been left homeless after their houses collapsed following a heavy downpour experienced in the area yesterday. The heavy rains which
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Two drown in KZN floods‚ two die in Joburg storm
Flash floods claimed the lives of at least two people in KwaZulu-Natal and a severe hailstorm wreaked havoc in Johannesburg at the weekend. Two people drowned in flash floods when they were swept away
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Food shortage likely to continue in Isiolo and Tana River counties
Isiolo and Tana River counties are likely to continue experiencing acute malnutrition until May. This comes about despite the short rains recorded from October to December. In a recently released nutrition
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Kitui residents face hunger in 2018 as food crops wilt
County National Drought Management Authority coordinator Francis Koma yesterday said a large population of residents will be struggling to put food on the table. “Kitui people are not waking up nicely
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Kenya's Tana River Basin to get high rainfall: researchers
Kenya's Tana River Basin is expected to see a 43 percent increase in rainfall due to climate change, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) said on Tuesday. In a report issued in Nairobi,
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Relief from pollution as rain lashes Capital, NCR
After rain lashed the city at 21.7 degrees Celsius, Delhiites finally felt the winter chill for the first time on Tuesday. It was the first coldest day in December with the maximum temperature going down,
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Disasters affect over 5, 000 households in 19 districts, three deaths recorded
At least 5, 201 households have been affected by disasters in 19 districts across the country since the onset of rains in October this year (2017). Department of Disaster Management Affairs Public Relations
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Reality of resilience: 2016–17 drought in East Africa
This paper shares key lessons on the use of weather forecasting, learned from the 2016–2017 drought across the Horn of Africa that contributed to failed harvests, extensive livestock deaths and food insecurity.
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Isotope fingerprinting of precipitation associated with western disturbances and Indian summer monsoons across the Himalayas
<p>Precipitation samples were collected across the Himalayas from Kashmir (western Himalaya) to Assam (eastern Himalaya) to understand the variation of the stable isotopic content (δ 18O and δD)
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Heavy rains damage 112 houses in Mangochi
MANGOCHI, November 23, 2017: Heavy rains characterized by strong winds that hit some village in Traditional Authority (T/A) Katuli in Mangochi recently have left 112 houses damaged and five people injured.