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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Palaeoclimatic insights into forcing and response of monsoon rainfall
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Guj: 121 more villages declared scarcity-hit, total at 1,115
One hundred twenty-one villages in parched Saurashtra, north Gujarat and Kutch region were today declared as 'partially scarcity-hit' due to acute shortage of water owing to deficient rainfall in last
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A preliminary study on the comprehensive threshold for debris-flow early warning
<p>Debris-flows not only cause a great loss of property, but also kill and injure people every rainy season in the mountainous regions of China. In order to reduce hazard and risk, several methods of assessing
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Judgement of the Supreme Court of India regarding destruction of plantations of the farmers by the release of water from Mazum dam, Gujarat, 10/05/2016
<p>Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Vohra Sadikbhai Rajakbhai & Others Vs State of Gujarat & Others dated 10/05/2016 regarding destruction of plantations of the farmers
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Forest fires doused in Uttarakhand, official says
Aided by widespread rainfall since Tuesday, forest fires which ravaged thousands of hectares of green cover in Uttarakhand were doused completely on Thursday with no reports of fresh blaze from anywhere
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Heatwave unrelenting
Palakkad records 40.8 degrees Celsius Heatwave conditions continued in parts of the State on Wednesday but some respite is expected with rain or thundershowers forecast in the next four days. Palakkad,
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Higher coal use could impact rainfall
Study finds that spurt in coal use in Asian countries could weaken monsoon systems Rapid increase of coal use in fast-growing Asian countries such as India and China may weaken monsoon systems and
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El Nio-induced drought likely to be followed by flooding
Some 42 per cent of the Philippines is experiencing drought or dry spells brought on by El Ni'o. The La Ni'a phenomenon is expected to follow later this year, bringing excessive rainfall. This bulletin
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Zimbabwe: Climate Change to Cause 38 Percent Decline in Agric Income
FARM incomes in Zimbabwe are expected to decline by as much as 38 percent by 2050, as temperatures soar 3,4 percent in what would be an unprecedented catastrophe for agriculture, according to a new study.
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Obama declares disaster as Marshall Islands suffers worst-ever drought
Barack Obama has declared the severe drought in the Marshall Islands a disaster, opening the way for emergency US funding for the Pacific island nation. The disaster declaration, which follows a request