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 …
IMD indicates that 'heavy to very heavy rainfall' is likely at a few places and at isolated places over Konkan, Goa from June 7-12 New Delhi: The Union government on Thursday warned Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa and Gujarat on India's western coast that heavy rainfall this week may lead to …
Temperatures in the past week have been above normal for most parts of India, especially the northern and central plains. In Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, parts of Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, maximum temperatures have consistently stayed at the 45 degree Celsius-level. In fact, as the India Meteorological Department …
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) water works department has proposed to dig 347 borewells at the cost of Rs3.55 crore to mitigate water crisis during summer 2018, which, according to the Indian Meteorological Department, will come to end with arrival of monsoon in Vidarbha in June second week. The …
DEHRADUN/RUDRAPUR: Soaring mercury across the hill state has thrown life out of gear even as meteorologists predicted that the heat wave is likely to continue for some more days. With the temperature touching 42oC on Wednesday, three degrees above normal, farmers in Terai region have raised concern about its detrimental …
NEW DELHI: The national capital saw another scorching day on Wednesday with maximum temperature reaching 43 degree Celsius, three notches above the season's average, and is, along with north, central and east India, set to face a heat waves all this week. "Heat wave conditions are very likely to persist …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A deep depression in the Arabian sea has transformed into Cyclone Mekunu and is likely to intensify into severe cyclonic storm in the southeast of Onam. Though it is expected to move away from Indian coast, the National Emergency Response Centre of disaster management division under the Union ministry …
Large new study crunches decades of IMD data to unpack patterns of warming — and some cooling — across India, points to impact on agriculture in a country with 17.5 per cent of world’s population but only 2.4 per cent of its area. A new study that used comprehensive surface …
A new study on climate change in India has confirmed a rapid rise in surface temperatures in the past 70 years. The study calculated temperature rise in terms of change occurring from decade to decade, using information from two different datasets covering the period from 1951 and 2013. The temperature …
Dust storm hits many places in Jodhpur and Bikaner divisions in Rajasthan Shimla was on Tuesday hit by a heavy hailstorm, while the weather office has warned thunderstorms, squalls and gusty winds in Delhi, Haryana and Chandigarh, till Friday. High mountains of Himachal Pradesh received fresh snowfall early Tuesday morning. …
A massive sandstorm hit border districts in Rajasthan on Monday evening even as the India Meteorological Department issued an alert forecasting that several parts of north India could witness thunderstorm and squall on Tuesday with winds gusting up to 50-70 km per hour. Visuals showed a sandstorm approaching Khajuwala town …
NEW DELHI: With a number of government and local authorities issuing advisories and warnings over the weather conditions forecast for Tuesday, the regional Met office has asked people not to panic and said that while Delhi is expected to see light rain and gusty winds, the wind speed isn’t likely …
NEW DELHI: Days after thunderstorms wreaked havoc across the country, claiming at least 129 lives, the Met department has issued another storm warning for north India for the next two days. Reacting to the alert, Haryana education minister Ram Bilas Sharma announced that all schools in the state will remain …
NEW DELHI: Multiple factors lined up perfectly to cause the widespread thunderstorms and dust storms that claimed more than 110 lives across Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand on Wednesday, Met officials said. At several places, the storms were more intense than predicted. While squalls and dust storms are a common …
High-intensity squall wreaks havoc in several areas Over 100 people were killed and around 180 injured after a high-velocity dust storm followed by thunder showers wreaked havoc in parts of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan on Wednesday night, leaving behind a trail of destruction. Trees and electricity poles were uprooted and …
HYDERABAD: While Northern Telangana sizzled on Sunday turning into a virtual cauldron with the mercury breaching the 44 degrees Celsius mark, it was raining in some southern districts, claiming two lives. The worst heat-affected area was Jagatyal town where the maximum temperature recorded was 44.4 degrees Celsius. Several areas, particularly …
District administrations may change office, school timings. Mumbai: The state government has issued a heat-wave advisory to all district administrations and suggested changes to the office and school timings. Several parts of the state, including Mumbai, have been experiencing scorching heat, due to dry and hot northerly winds from Madhya …
CANACONA: The surge in Galgibag River due to the collapsed river banks and the unauthorised extraction of water from bore wells on the Kulty plateau have contaminated the wells in Galgibag and surrounding areas with saline water. With the passage of time, the river banks have collapsed at many places …
A normal monsoon will not only aid agriculture growth but also have a positive impact on the overall rural economy, crucial for the BJP govt as it faces key state elections and general polls in 2019 The southwest monsoon, the lifeline for millions of farmers across India, is expected to …
Srinagar: The worrisome weather patterns prevalent in Kashmir Valley are making the absence of a comprehensive environmental policy felt. Kashmir has received scant precipitation in the last eight months, resulting in a drought-like scenario. Consequently, the farmers have been advised to sow crops that need less water. Srinagar centre of …
Calls for regular audits, promotion of non-conventional energy, mass awareness Industrial energy efficiency should be improved through regular audits, non-conventional energy should be promoted and green infrastructure in urban areas should be developed through encouraging the use of natural lighting in buildings. These were some of the recommendations made in …
