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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DMMC team to conduct geological study of cloudburst-hit villages
DEHRADUN: A team of experts from the Disaster Mitigation and Management Centre (DMMC) is conducting a geological study of the villages in Pithoragarh that were hit by landslides triggered by cloudbursts
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90,000 affected in Assam floods, Brahmaputra above danger mark
Nearly 90,000 people have been affected in the latest wave of floods across seven districts in Assam. Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) sources said more than 88,000 people are reeling
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Over 29 per cent of India's land degrading
More than a quarter of the total geographic area (TGA)-96.4 million hectares (mha) or 29.32%-in India is undergoing degradation as per decadal information compiled for the the period 2011-13, posing a
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Flood leaves 150 Uttarakhand villages without power
DEHRADUN/ALMORA: Over 900 villages across the state had plunged into darkness when cloudbursts and incessant rains hit Uttarakhand on July 1. Of these, around 150 are still in the dark. Senior officials
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Over 80,000 hit by floods
Guwahati: Heavy rain in most parts of upper Assam has led to a rise in the Brahmaputra's water level, inundating four districts and over 80,500 people till Monday. "The Brahmaputra is flowing above
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Uttarakhand cloudburst: Death toll rises to 20, 12 still missing
Dehradun: The search and rescue teams have recovered four more bodies from the debris in the cloudburst-hit villages of Pithoragarh district, raising the death toll in the natural disaster to 20 while
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More than 290 people killed across Pakistan due to heavy rains
Following unseasonably heavy pre-monsoon rains, Pakistan continues to be adversely affected by severe weather events. According to the Provincial Disaster Management Agency of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, heavy
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Global body concerned over massive destruction in Uttarakhand
DEHRADUN: International Road Federation (IRF), a Geneva based global body consisting of 90 countries working for better and safer roads worldwide which also has deparment of Road Tranport and Highways,
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Uttarakhand cloudburst: Rescue operations continue, death toll rises
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Saturday that the cloudburst-like incidents in Uttarakhand are increasing due to climate change. The relief and rescue operation is going on at war footing
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Flash floods torment public yet again
A torrential downpour this afternoon brought back the misery of water-logging and artificial flood to many localities in the city. The shower, which started just after 3 pm and lasted almost an hour,