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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Dozens rescued from floods as severe UK weather continues
People evacuated in north Lancashire as heavy rain causes widespread flooding and travel disruption across north-west England and north Wales Car stuck in flood water under a railway bridge in Seaton,
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Many consumers with RWH penalised this month due to BWSSB error
Over 9,000 consumers across the city have been penalised by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) for not installing rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems though they had installed them many
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Monday Night Rain Could Bring Relief From Delhi's Poisonous Smog
The Indian Meteorological Department says that an acceleration in wind-speeds could result in rain on Monday night and continue till Thursday, washing down much of the unbreathable blanket of smoke.
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Chandigarh sees prevailing smoggy conditions for first time in recent past, says Met
Attributes shallow smog to 2 factors: meteorological and local pollution; adds that conditions likely to persist CITY BEAUTIFUL is seeing smoggy conditions for the first time in the last few years,
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Death toll from Vietnam storm tops 60 and dams near bursting
DANANG, Vietnam (Reuters) - The death toll from a typhoon and ensuing floods in Vietnam reached 61 on Monday and the government said some reservoirs were dangerously near capacity after persistent rain.
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Record rainfall fails to push up groundwater table in Bengaluru
The recent downpour in Bengaluru may have broken all the past records but that has done little to arrest the plummeting groundwater table in the city. Experts attribute this predicament to increasing concretization
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Kenya: Landslide Destroys One Acre in Mt Kenya Forest
About one acre of Mt Kenya Forest was destroyed by a landslide, following heavy rains on Saturday night. Residents of Kangiri Village in Nyeri County on Sunday expressed fear that wildlife and livestock
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Flash floods kill 5 in Malaysia, army deploys to rescue thousands of displaced
Flash floods caused by hours of torrential rain killed at least five people in Malaysia and military forces deployed on Sunday to help rescue thousands of displaced people in the northern state of Penang.
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Brace for La Niña until December, warns agency as rains disappoint
The National Drought Management Authority has warned of a possible La Niña between October and December. La Niña is a weather phenomenon that cools surface water over the central and eastern Pacific,
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Heavy rains destroy over 200 houses, infrastructures in southern Burundi
BUJUMBURA Burundi (Xinhua) -- Over 229 houses and public infrastructures were damaged in heavy rains that hit Thursday morning in several localities in Nyanza-Lac district, in Makamba province, southern