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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Indiscriminate blasting of mountains causing floods, landslides, say experts
Indiscriminate blasting of mountains to build roads or other infrastructure has rendered the fragile areas of the state more susceptible to landslides and floods, say experts and scientists. According
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China issues first orange alert of 2016 for rainstorm
China's meteorological authority on Thursday evening issued an orange alert, the second highest of the four-tier warning system, for storms across southern and eastern regions. It is the first time
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Earthen dams help ravaged Aravalis catch the rain, recharge water table
Gurgaon: Four earthen dams, constructed in the foothills of Aravalis to recharge depleting groundwater table and tackle waterlogging, have started paying dividends by filling a good amount of water a few
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उत्तराखंड के पिथौरागढ़ और चमोली में बादल फटने से 30 लोगों की मौत
उत्तराखंड में गुरुवार रात से हो रही बारिश और बादल फटने से जानमाल का भारी नुकसान हुआ है। चमोली और पिथौरागढ़ जिलों में बादल फटने से कम से कम 30 लोगों की मौत हो गई है। नदियों में आए उफान से कई लोग, मकान और
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La Niña: Early warning- early action analysis for a potential La Niña in 2016/2017
The publication consolidates a synthetic analysis on La Niña and its potential impacts on agriculture and food security, specifically in the regions that are now dealing with the consequences of El Niño.
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Amazon forest response to repeated droughts
<p>The Amazon Basin has experienced more variable climate over the last decade, with a severe and widespread drought in 2005 causing large basin-wide losses of biomass. A drought of similar climatological
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Murders, violence on rise as parched central India battles for water
Imrat Namdev and her younger sister Pushpa Namdev were neighbors in Chhatarpur district, in the drought-hit Indian region of Bundelkhand. Both relied on the same well for water and, according to police,
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Guatemala drought leaves hundreds of thousands hungry
Thousands of people in southern Guatemala are suffering from a prolonged drought after years of below-average rainfall. The drought has now resulted in hundreds of thousands of people being left hungry.
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Rainwater harvesting: Colleges in Mumbai do their bit, pit by pit
Set up in June 2010, Somaiya Vidyavihar’s Rs 10 lakh-rainwater harvesting project consists of 10-12 harvesting pits, distributed throughout the campus Many colleges are taking steps to deal with the
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Rain revives dengue outbreak fears
Pre-monsoon showers may have given Delhiites the much-needed relief from heat and humidity, but they have also revived the fear of a spike in dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases, which are linked