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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As farms dry up, Kenyan women switch to clean energy businesses
Perched on a stool in a tin shed, Nyawira Njau carefully lines the top of a dozen cookstoves with aluminium foil. A call on her mobile interrupts her concentration, and she answers with one word: "Tomorrow".
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100 homes flooded in Kisumu as heavy rains pound county
More than 100 homes have been marooned in Kisumu county following heavy rains. County commissioner Maalim Mohammed yesterday said those affected are from Nyando subcounty. He said they have liaised with
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Flood hits Lagos after downpour
There was a heavy downpour in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, yesterday that left many roads across the state covered by flood. For more than two hours, movement both at the mainland and the island
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Water and War: The turbulent dynamics between water and fragility, conflict, and violence
For the past two years, the rains have been poor in Somalia. What comes next is tragically familiar. Dry wells. Dying livestock. Failed harvests. Migration. Masses of people in dire need of humanitarian
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Normal Monsoon rains likely: IMD
India will get normal rainfall this monsoon season, the weather office has said, somewhat allaying fears that an El Nino phenomenon may disrupt the weather system that’s the lifeline for the country’s
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First stage forecast of southwest monsoon season-2017 rainfall
India Meteorological Department (IMD) issues various monthly and seasonal forecasts of rainfall for the southwest monsoon season (June to September). Operational forecasts for the southwest monsoon season
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Burundi: Rains Leave Mass Destruction in Burundi
Bujumbura — A CHILD has been swept away by floods and more than 100 houses away in the wake of heavy rains that have pounded Burundi this week. The capital Burundi has suffered the most severe inclement
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Zimbabwe: Zimnat Pays Out Weather Related Damage Claims
INSURANCE group, Zimnat has paid out in excess of $2 million in weather related damage claims in the four months to March 2017 following high rainfall across the country. During the rain season, incidents
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Climate change impact to cost Zambia $13bn
CLIMATE change impact will cost Zambia about US$13.8 billion which is 0.4 percent of annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth if it is not mitigated early, it has been learnt. Interim Climate Change
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Malawi: Heavy Rains Kill Three in Karonga, Downpours Cause Floods and Leave Hundreds Homeless
Three people are reported dead while many others are left injured and over 2000 people are displaced in people in the areas of traditional authorities (TAs) Kilupula and Mwakaboko in Karonga District the