A double-whammy of El Niño and long-term climate change hit Latin America and the Caribbean in 2023, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Drought, heat, wildfires,
The Asian Development Bank has cut India’s growth projection for 2014-15 to 5.5% against 5.7% estimated earlier on account of weaker than expected industrial growth. The Manila based institution in its
<p>This 2014 edition of the annual Asian Development Outlook provides a comprehensive analysis of economic performance in the past year and offers forecasts for the next 2 years for the 45 economies in Asia and the Pacific that make up developing Asia. It recognizes that, as emerging demographic and environmental challenges are expected to compete for public resources in the years ahead, regional governments will need to explore options for mobilizing more revenue as they build equity objectives into their fiscal plans.</p>
Climate models show an increased chance of a 2014 El Nino weather event, said Australia's bureau of meteorology, leading to possible droughts in Southeast Asia and Australia and floods in South America,
India’s northern states are more vulnerable than the rest to a deficiency of rain in the next monsoon season due to the El Niño threat. “South India has got the ocean on both sides, so either the Bay of
Hailstorm wreaked havoc in Madhya Pradesh damaging standing Rabi crops worth crores last month. Mood swings of weather continued in the state since the onset of winters last year. And at the fag end
Forecasters warn of drought, but Met dept insists there’s no cause for panic Weather scientists from Australia to the US are seeing ominous signs of a ‘monster El Nino’ that heightens the risk of a drought in South Asia this year, but India’s weather office is snarling at these forecasters and accusing them of conspiring to rattle the country’s commodities and stock markets.
There is a greater possibility of an El Nino weather pattern emerging this summer, Japan's weather bureau said on Monday, after previously forecasting a 50% chance of the phenomenon that is often linked
A monsoon failure in 2014 due to El Niño’s return could slow the pace of economic recovery, and gross domestic product could grow just 5.2% in the 2014-15 fiscal, said a Crisil Research report on Tuesday.
Punjab, Rajasthan oppose state’s plea on using Hansi-Butana canal Citing Centre’s alert on possible drought in 2014 due to the El Nino effect, Haryana today pleaded in the Supreme Court for using the 109-km Hansi-Butana canal by pumping water from the Bakhra Mainline (BML).
आगामी मानसून के अलनीनो से प्रभावित होने से सूखे के खतरे को देखते हुए सरकार उस कर कड़ी नजर रख रही है। सूखे से निपटने के लिए मौसम और कृषि वैज्ञानिकों को तैयार रहने को कहा गया है। हालांकि कृषि मंत्री शरद पवार ने खाद्यान्न पैदावार के लिए फिलहाल इसे गंभीर संकट मानने से इन्कार किया है। उन्होंने कहा कि सरकार मानसून की हर गतिविधि की गहन निगरानी कर रही है। 1पवार के साथ बैठक में मौसम विभाग के वैज्ञानिकों ने इस बारे में फिलहाल कुछ भी स्पष्ट बताने से इन्कार कर दिया।
