The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Delhi Metro services halted for 15 minutes As strong tremors jolted the national capital on Monday afternoon, the Delhi government immediately activated its disaster management teams. People frantically rushed out of their houses and offices as the tremors lasted for over a minute. The Delhi Metro services were briefly halted …
Surface ozone pollution in Delhi has crossed the permissible limit, for the second time in a year, with experts blaming weak monsoon for the phenomenon. Though the ozone layer limit in Mumbai and Pune has been in the permissible limits for the past two weeks, it is increasing in these …
SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district was rocked by a low-intensity earthquake on Thursday morning, an official said. However, there was no loss of life. Tremors of the magnitude 3.8 earthquake were felt for some seconds in several parts of Mandi and nearby districts at 6.34 a.m., Meteorological Office Director Manmohan …
The possibility of a normal monsoon is high next year though its onset might be delayed because of the tail end of El Nino. Amid reports from forecasters about the possibility of El Nino continuing during the first few months of 2016, experts from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) found …
Information on fatalities in India as a result of lightning flashes has been extracted from a database on disastrous weather events of the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Records dating from 1979 to 2011 indicate that about 5259 persons have been killed by lightning strikes in India. The maximum number of …
Another break in monsoon during its last leg has caused the rainfall deficiency in Marathwada and central Maharashtra to increase again, data provided by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has shown. The good rainfall spell a few days ago had reduced rainfall deficiency in these regions by almost 10%. However, …
Widespread rains in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in the last couple of days have brought down the overall monsoon deficit to 14% of the benchmark long-period average (LPA) from 16% reported a week ago. With the IMD predicting rainfall over north-west and eastern regions during the next few …
Farmers across India who are already hit by unseasonal rains this year have to brace up as a report on Monday said that the country is headed towards the driest monsoon season for the third time in three decades. Renewing concerns over poor harvest and spike in food inflation, the …
This year's monsoon could end up as among the worst three in nearly three decades. With an extended dry patch in most of the country, which has revived fears of a weak harvest and food inflation, the season's rainfall deficit has widened to 16 per cent, according to the weather …
Monsoon rains have revived in the worst-hit central India and southern peninsula regions that would help boost kharif crops and water level in reservoirs, a top official of the Met department said on Wednesday. Monsoon deficit has been at 12 per cent so far this season (June 1 to September …
PANJIM: Despite receiving some respite from the dry spell the State has witnessed since Friday, Goa’s rainfall deficit is still 25 percent. While the normal rainfall is 2788.33 mm, the State has so far registered 2104.5 mm of rainfall accounting for a rainfall departure of 25 percent from normal. Speaking …
With several regions facing severe deficit in the monsoon, an agriculture ministry advisory has asked farmers to grow contingency crops such as short-duration pulses and millets and prepare the soil for the coming rabi, or winter, crops. A region-specific advisory by the ministry and India Meteorological Department (IMD) has urged …
This year's early withdrawal of the southwest monsoon from western India could lead to an early onset of the northeast monsoon over southern states. Spread over October till December, this retreating monsoon brings rainfall over Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. This could help planting of winter crops and …
Falling water levels in 91 major reservoirs to hit availability for irrigation & drinking The country is heading for a shortage of water for irrigation and drinking as water level in 91 major reservoirs has dipped 16% below normal, and is expected to deplete further with the monsoon on the …
Rarely have farmers in Rajasthan felt more frustrated during a monsoon than they have felt in the 2015 season. “Statistics say West Rajasthan has received surplus rain but its spread has been restricted to a short period,” says Dilip Soni, Director of the Jodhpur-based Shree Ram Gum Chemicals. Shree Ram …
India's monsoon rains are likely to be below the prior forecast of 88 percent of the long-term average, the weather office chief said, which could make it the driest year since 2009 and worsen rural distress by cutting farm output. The July-September rains irrigate nearly half of India's farmlands, bringing …
In the end, the Madden Julian Oscillation and Indian Ocean Dipole failed to cancel out the warming of the Pacific — a situation the Met Office had predicted as early as in April, giving govts time to prepare. In June, a rain-bearing weather phenomenon called Madden Julian Oscillation, or MJO, …
August ended with a higher-than-anticipated rainfall deficit of 22% and with top India Meteorological Department officials saying the monsoon could start withdrawing in the next few days, the chances of a second successive drought year in the country appear high. IMD said the all India weighted average rainfall in August …
At least 13 per cent of the divisions had excess rainfall, 51 per cent had normal and The country may still be pinning its hopes on some rainfall in September, but the El Nino is going to negate that possibility, say Met officials. The present El Nino is the strongest …
The first half of the season recorded mixed rainfall, with June recording 116 per cent of LPA and July 83 per cent, which was deficient. The last 114 years have witnessed 53 instances of deficient rainfall in the country, as per the data collated by the Met department. The data …
