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
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
After a torrid and unusually hot summer, the monsoon rains could not have been more welcome when they set in over Kerala at the end of May. But the progress of the rain-bearing clouds northwards was sluggish and, by the end of June, the nationwide rainfall deficit stood at 16 per cent.
New Delhi: The month
Heavy monsoon rains and landslides swept the hilly areas of northern India over the weekend, killing at least 47 people, officials said Monday. Twenty-four people died Sunday as falling boulders crushed their homes in three villages in Almorah district in Uttrakhand state, said Prashant Kumar Tamta, a state government spokesman. Several people were swept away by floodwaters or buried when ho
New Delhi: If you thought that the relentless rains in north India will abate in the coming days, you may be wrong, because as per the India Meteorological Department (IMD) latest projections, withdrawal of southwest monsoon from the country will now start from September 30, a good one-month behind its normal withdrawal date. The IMD had earlier said that southwest monsoon will start withdrawin
Calcutta got its first real taste of monsoon 2010 with Monday emerging as the wettest day of the year under the influence of a cyclonic circulation. Three months after the monsoon had entered the state, on June 13, the city received 99.2mm of rainfall till 5.30pm on Monday, beating the July 31 mark of 96.2mm. Tuesday is likely to be cloudy, with spells of rain and thundershower.
Barrage Releases Over 6L Cusecs New Delhi: If heavy rain threw Commonwealth Games work out of gear, there is worse to come. Starting Friday, the capital could witness its worst flood in 22 years, with the 6 lakh cusecs of water released by the Hathnikund barrage on September 8 reaching the city.
JAJPUR: Truant monsoon in the current kharif season has forced thousands of farmers in Jajpur district to use pump sets as an alternative to irrigate their paddy fields. Below normal rainfall in the district during July and August has also delayed cultivation of paddy. Wide cracks have developed in the agricultural lands sans sufficient water.
Gurgaon: Waterlogged roads, traffic snarls and overflowing sewers are someside affects of the rain that residents of the Millennium City have to face every time it pours hard, but they are not complaining. The reason: Gurgaon has seen a good monsoon this season. With 984 mm rain recorded this year, the satellite town has left even capital behind.
<p>This document on the management of drought during 2009 published by the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture presents the deficiency & erratic behaviour of rainfall, impact of drought, mitigation efforts initiated and their results. </p>
Metrowater launches awareness meetings on rainwater harvesting structures CHENNAI: The average groundwater level in the city has gone up by 0.2 metre since July.