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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Cape’s dam levels almost half as full as this time in 2016
The average water level of dams across the Western Cape is 35.2%‚ a significant drop from the levels measured in 2016. In the corresponding period last year‚ dam levels were at 61% after the winter
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Drier trend puts deciduous fruit crops at risk
Drought and the predicted long-term drier trend in the Western Cape could have a serious effect on the growing of deciduous fruit crops, says deciduous fruit industry body Hortgro. The Western Cape’s
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Assam flood situation worsens
After showing signs of improvement in the past one week, flood situation in Assam worsened on Sunday because of heavy rain in Arunachal Pradesh. About 71,819 people in five districts are affected by
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Kenya: Mailu Urges Extra Caution During Rains as 92 Cholera Cases Diagnosed
Nairobi — Health Cabinet Secretary Cleopa Mailu is asking for maintenance of a high standard of cleanliness revealing that 92 people have so far been infected by the deadly cholera bacteria in the latest
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All three extreme events and the cause common
The bouts of rainfall that battered Houston, Mumbai and Calcutta last week, albeit in vastly different amounts, may earn tags of extreme rain events that weather scientists say are becoming more common
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SADC braces for another drought, floods …as climate experts release regional forecast
Gaborone – Climate experts have warned Southern African countries to brace for another drought spell as the region is expected to receive below normal rainfall from October to November this year and normal
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Sh2.5bn needed to avert hunger
Although short rains are expected in a month’s time, the National Drought Management Authority says it will not be enough to end a looming shortage. “Staple food prices remain high, and incomes from
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Hard hit
WITH the giant Himalayas caging its towering clouds, the great basin where the Brahmaputra merges with the Ganges and Meghna rivers is prone not only to heavy rainfall but also to sudden deluges. Bits
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Extreme weather events the new normal? Experts take stock
From Houston all the way to Mumbai and from Nepal to the desert state of Rajasthan, rains have cut a swathe of destruction with flooded streets and thousands marooned as their cities and villages go under.
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Mumbai floods: Seven dead in heavy downpour
Six injured, seven including a renowned doctor, missing. Mumbai: At least seven persons died including a two-year-old girl and six others were injured in Tuesday’s downpour. One of the deceased identified