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 …
The team of researchers who studied the flood possibility for Goa has recommended various measures including mapping of areas vulnerable for landslides in the state. The committee headed by National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) Director Dr Satish Shetye submitted its report on February 18 to the state government keeping in …
The Ministry of Science and Technology has decided to import super computers to improve weather forecasts in the country. This was stated by Ashwani Kumar, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Planning and Science and Technology, while addressing a press conference here today. Sources in the Meteorological Department said that …
Last year, 2010, was India's hottest in 110 years, and 2001-2010 the warmest decade. With a mean temperature increase of 0.93 degrees Celsius, 2010 beat 2009 (mean increase 0.91 degrees) to the "hottest honour". Yes, it's global warming. "There has been a steady rise in temperatures since the 1990s and …
The tremors felt in the city and some other parts of Rajasthan in the wee hours Wednesday morning at about 1.55 am were waves from an earthquake that had its epicentre in south-western Pakistan. According to the seismology wing of the Indian Metrology Department (IMD), the earthquake measured 7.4 on …
A powerful quake struck south-western Pakistan on Wednesday and its effect was felt in Delhi, Rajasthan and parts of western Uttar Pradesh and Haryana where people came out of their homes but there were no reports of any damage or loss of life. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the …
Current projections indicate that rainfall might increase by five per cent to 25 per cent all over the tropics in the next 25 to 30 years on account of climate change, according to Ajit Tyagi, Director-General, India Meteorological Department. Talking to The Hindu after speaking at a session on
A powerful quake today struck southwestern Pakistan and its effect was felt in Delhi, Rajasthan and parts of western Uttar Pradesh and Haryana where people came out of their homes but there were no reports of any damage or loss of life. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the epicentre …
Goa will benefit from the contract inked between the Government of Indian and World Bank under which Cyclone Warning Systems would be installed in coastal states. Sources stated the first phase for this project is to the tune of $255 million which will cover the cyclone prone states of Andhra …
Kerala was hotter by 0.7 degree celsius in 2010, while it received 66 percent excess rainfall during the north-east monsoon, the highest in the last 30 years, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). However, the total rainfall received by the state during 2010 exceeded the normal by only 1 …
NEW DELHI: India Meteorological Department has declared that 2010 was the warmest year since 1901. According to the department, the annual mean temperature averaged over the country as a whole was 25.8023 degrees Celsius last year. This translates to an increase of 0.93 degrees over the average for the 30-year …
A two-day conference on climate risk management started in Jaipur on Tuesday. The conference is being jointly organised by the Indian Meteorological Department, New Delhi and the Agriculture Research Station at Durgapura in Jaipur. The conference deals on the risk assessment of the impact of the climate change on the …
A panel of Parliamentarians has slammed the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for its inaccurate monsoon forecast which tend to cast a heavy toll on Indian agriculture. In its report tabled in Parliament recently, the committee said that scientists and officers of IMD should be adequately trained to keep them abreast …
Pune A B Mazumdar, deputy director general (weather forecasting) and Medha Khole, director (weather forecasting) of the India Meteorology Department (IMD), Pune, in a free-wheeling chat with the staff of The Indian Express and Loksatta, answered a range of questions relating to weather forecasting and unveiled the science behind it. …
New Delhi, Oct. 17: Nearly one-third of the 597 districts received deficient rains this monsoon season, which otherwise saw excess to normal falls across the country after a drought year. Out of 597 meteorological districts for which data are available, 173 districts (29 per cent) received deficient rains, while 11 …
SHWETA KAMAT Goa will now have a digital cyclone warning dissemination system (DCWDS), which will be operated by policemen at the police control room in Panjim. After a break of three years, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has decided to replace its old cyclone warning dissemination system (CWDS) which was …
Pune Terming it as an intense convective activity, the India Meteorology Department (IMD) discarded the speculations about Monday's rainfall being a cloudburst. The IMD officials also said that since it was an intense convective activity, it could not predict the amount of rainfall.
