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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Malawi declares ‘State of Emergency’ as floods kill dozens
Ten days of persistent rains in the north of Malawi have killed dozens, injured others whiles destroying over 1000 houses and affecting about 17,000 families. The impact of the rain has made President
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Flash floods in Iran kill 2
Tehran: Iran's state TV is reporting that heavy rains in Iran's western and southwestern provinces has resulted in flash floods that killed two people. The Thursday television report says that the
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Record Balkan floods of 2014 linked to planetary wave resonance
<p>In May 2014, the Balkans were hit by a Vb-type cyclone that brought disastrous flooding and severe damage to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Croatia. Vb cyclones migrate from the Mediterranean,
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Combined fluvial and pluvial urban flood hazard analysis: concept development and application to Can Tho city, Mekong Delta, Vietnam
<p>Many urban areas experience both fluvial and pluvial floods, because locations next to rivers are preferred settlement areas and the predominantly sealed urban surface prevents infiltration and facilitates
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At 106% rainfall, IMD predicts above-normal monsoon in 2016
Next forecast in June; eases fears over farm and and economic growth after two straight droughts This year's best news so far has just arrived. After two consecutive droughts, the India Meteorological
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Haryana faces SC ire on drought issue
Proceedings not a tamasha or a joke, says Apex court The Supreme Court on Tuesday took the Haryana government to task on its request to file an affidavit on the drought issue after completing its arguments,
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Islands of Gauguin and Robinson Crusoe 'could become parched paradise'
Three-quarters of the world’s small islands, home to 16 million people, are set to get more arid by mid-century, according to a study published in journal Nature Climate Change on Monday. Warmer temperatures
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Ethiopia Suffers Worst Drought In Decades Due To El Nino; 50 Million People Hungry
Ethiopia is facing one of the worst famines in 50 years. Africa has always been one of the worst affected places when it comes to famines and droughts. Ethiopia has suffered from drought back in 1973
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Climate-induced landsliding within the larch dominant permafrost zone of central Siberia
<p>Climate impact on landslide occurrence and spatial patterns were analyzed within the larch-dominant communities associated with continuous permafrost areas of central Siberia. We used high resolution
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Supreme Court raps Haryana, Bihar, Gujarat for drought inaction
The Supreme Court on Thursday severely pulled up the states of Gujarat, Bihar and Haryana for not declaring drought even though there was deficient rainfall and a fall in the production of foodgrains.