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
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Rainwater harvesting pits can help Hyderabad save 185 mn gallons of rainwater this monsoon
The data is based on the fact that the city has at least 60,000 cubic metres of volume of RWH pits which can accumulate this much of rainwater over the year. HYDERABAD: Hyderabad could, this ensuing
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State wise flood damage statistics
The damage data upto 2017 has been finalized in CWC duly confirmed by the states. State wise damage data and for the country as a whole for the period 1953 to 2017 has been included. <a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/state
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Soil loss atlas of Malawi
The Soil Loss Atlas of Malawi builds a comprehensive picture of soils in the country by examining different types of soil loss and their drivers across the 27 districts of Malawi. The publication captures
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Why India struggles to cope with droughts
Instead of coming up with a comprehensive solution, govt's act when the situation worsens Parts of Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan have faced four droughts in the last four years while more than 20 districts
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Paddy fields inundated due to heavy rain in Boko as an aftereffect of cyclone Fani
Boko: More than 3,000 bighas of paddy land and eight villages were affected by flash flood due to the two-day long heavy rainfall induced by cyclone Fani in Boko constituency. Due to heavy rainfall
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Scaling up climate information services through public-private partnership business models: An example from northern Ghana
Between 2011 and 2017, CCAFS West Africa piloted how the dissemination of climate information services (CIS) to farmers in its climate-smart village sites (Lawra and Jirapa) in Ghana could help them avert
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Annual climate summary 2018
Climate over India during 2018 was significantly warm in respect of temperature. The annual mean temperature for the country this year was +0.40°C above the 1981-2010 average, thus making the year 2018
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Cloudburst with torrential rain and hailstorm damages roads, homes at Bomdila
ITANAGAR: A cloudburst followed by torrential rain and hailstorm created havoc at Bomdila, the headquarters of West Kameng district on Saturday. The rain lashed the township for over an hour, resulting
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India's hydropower to meet target despite varying forecasts by IMD, Skymet
While Skymet expects a below-normal rainfall, IMD sees near-normal rains this year The country’s hydropower generation would be good this season despite varying forecasts by the Indian Meteorological
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Punjab: Many areas report crop damage; farmers demand timely relief
Sources in the agriculture department are expecting a 1-2% loss of yield in affected areas as well as a delay in the harvesting of wheat crop in the state. Crop loss has been reported from areas like