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 …
But the poor monsoon has not stoked food inflation As the season enters its final phase, the forecast of a below-normal monsoon made by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has come true with the rainfall deficit standing exactly at the 12 per cent it has predicted. Private forecaster Skymet, which …
The ongoing dry spell, which was expected to continue till August end, may get extended to the first week of September. A recent extended range forecast of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) states that the El Nino effect may dominate the remaining days of August and first week …
The monsoon performance is not always dependent on El Nino conditions, which are currently strong but then there are is a month-and-a-half left for the season to end and rains are expected during the monsoon's withdrawal phase, said R R Kelkar, former director general of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), …
CRISIL Ratings identifies four states and five crops at highest risk to deficient monsoon Within the next 40 days, the southwest monsoon will formally start retracting from the Indian mainland, ending its four-month journey over the country, pounding some parts with excess showers, but could leave almost 30 per cent …
Departments to meet over the next couple of days to take decisions on relief. The Marathwada region of Maharashtra is heading for a near certain agricultural drought, with the possibility of a hydrological drought looming large too. Senior state government and meteorological department officials said this, raising the spectre of …
Shillong: After a nine-year-old girl, Sonia Gandhi Bahadur, was swept away by the surging waters of the Ganol river in Asibra in West Garo Hills on Wednesday, the Meghalaya government asked all schools in the district to remain shut for the next 48 hours. Heavy rainfall triggered floods and landslips …
Sub-par rainfall across India for more than two weeks has pushed the monsoon deficit to 10% below normal, increasing worries of a second successive drought year in the country . Average all-India rainfall was 5% below normal on August 1 but the deficit doubled by Independence Day .August so far …
Heavy showers flooded city roads on Monday, leading to endless traffic jams at several places. Many roads in Delhi were flooded mainly due to choked drains. The traffic slowed down on the arterial roads, including one leading to adjoining Gurgaon. However, Delhiites received respite from the persistent humidity with showers …
While regions such as Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Karnataka saw heavy rainfall activities during the last 24 hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and private weather forecaster Skymet on Sunday said monsoon activity will pick up pace across the country in the next few days. “Heavy rainfall would …
Seasonal showers declined 6% from the long-period average up to August 6 For the first time since the current monsoon season started in June, the country’s water storage has dropped from both the level a year before and the normal benchmark average, thanks to a slowdown in monsoon rains since …
The LPA for the country as a whole for the second half of the monsoon is 43.5 cm The India Meteorology Department (IMD) stuck to its South-West monsoon forecast at 88 per cent of the 50-year long period average (LPA) of 89 cm. This has raised El Nino concerns from …
Rains may remain weak over the rest of the monsoon season, the India Meteorological Department warned on Monday, predicting an all India rainfall deficit of 16% for the months of August and September. Issuing its forecast for monsoon's second half, IMD stuck to its earlier prediction of 90% rainfall in …
India has retained its forecast for this year's monsoon rains at 88 per cent of the long-period average as a strengthening El Nino weather pattern is likely to trim rainfall in August-September to 84 per cent, raising fears of the first drought in six years. In a country where nearly …
75 Killed As Landslides, Flooding Cripple Life In Bengal And Manipur The toll of the recent heavy rains and floods in eastern India crossed 75 on Sunday . Fifty deaths have been reported in West Bengal, owing to lightning, wall collapse, electrocution, snake bite and drowning. Odisha reported a total …
Skymet Weather Services, a private agency, may revise its monsoon forecast again this month after its July prediction turned out to be off the mark and rainfall in June was higher than estimated. "We will take a call on how the season will be if there is a major deviation …
Central India, comprising Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, received 68% more rains than normal during the week The southwest monsoon was 21 per cent above normal during the week that ended on Wednesday, as copious rain pounded Gujarat and south Rajasthan. According to experts, this was one the best weeks in …
The depression over north- east Bay of Bengal moved towards Bangladesh coast on Wednesday bringing respite to the State Government from the impending flood in northern districts. Though the Government geared up its administrative and disaster management machinery to face any eventuality, it will have more time at hand since …
PALANPUR/BHUJ: Heavy rain coupled with gusts paralyzed four districts of north Gujarat even as at least 27 people died across the state in rain-related incidents in the 48 hours until 4pm on Tuesday. Banaskantha district was the worst hit as incessant rain caused a flood-like situation, especially in towns bordering …
The country has 7% less rain than normal during the period between June 1 and July 20 The El Nino weather effect will further impact the southwest monsoon in the remaining part of the four-month season that started in June. In a written response to a question on this in …
Authors further say that the real mortality impact of the projected climate in urban areas in India is likely to be significantly higher than that analyzed in this study. Five urban areas that are projected to experience the highest increases in heat-related mortality after accounting for the population increase are …
