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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3,000 displaced, shifted to rehabilitation centres in Hyderabad
1,000 families take shelter with relatives. Hyderabad: Nearly 3,000 people have been displaced in the city due to heavy rains in the last two days and shifted to rehabilitation centres established in
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Hyderabad floods: 16.7 cm rain breaks 16-year-old record
Met department said that the upper air circulation had turned into a lower pressure area over Bay of Bengal, which resulted in the rains. Hyderabad: Tuesday night’s rains broke a 16-year record as Hyderabad
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Somalia food crisis: 300,000 children need help, says UN
Flash floods have destroyed crops in Somalia leaving nearly half the population short of food Nearly five million people in Somalia are suffering from a shortage of food due to poor rainfall, floods and
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Soil management may help stabilize maize yield in the face of climate change
How will we feed our growing population in the face of an increasingly extreme climate? Many experts suggest the answer lies in breeding novel crop varieties that can withstand the increases in drought,
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Bettering Monsoon forecasting a gradual process: govt
With the India Meteorological Department (IMD)'s prediction of "above normal" Monsoon likely to go "wrong", the government today said the improvement in forecasting will be gradual. "Of the ten times,
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Disease outbreak kills 19 in rain-hit Sudan – minister
Khartoum - An outbreak of water-borne disease has killed at least 19 people and sickened scores more in Sudan's rain-ravaged states of Blue Nile and Kasala, a minister said Monday. Since June, heavy rain
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Samoa hit by hail storm so rare residents thought it was a hoax
Samoa has been hit by a hail storm so rare that it was believed to be a hoax by many of the island’s inhabitants. The tropical nation of Samoa lies in the Pacific Ocean, where the average temperature
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Water conservation to be the theme at Yuva Dasara
MYSURU: The Yuva Dasara subcommittee has decided to conduct Yuva Sambhrama and Yuva Dasara with water conservation as the theme, in the backdrop of scanty rainfall received this year. Speaking to reporters
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Increased drought could see Londoners queueing for water
Londoners face a one in five probability of queuing in the street at standpipes for their water for days or weeks during a sweltering summer in the coming 25 years, owing to drought brought about by climate
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India's 2016 monsoon rains could be below average: forecasters
Monsoon rains in India, the world's second-biggest producer of rice and sugar, could be lighter than average this year in the absence of the La Nina weather pattern, two senior officials at the state-run