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 …
P. Sunderarajan NEW DELHI: The stage is finally set for the onset of the monsoon over Kerala. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday said conditions were favourable for the onset in the next three to four days. A senior IMD official told TheHindu that the department was optimistic of …
Cyclone Laila, which is currently just off the coast of Andhra Pradesh, could delay the onset of the southwest monsoon over Kerala, Ajit Tyagi, Director General of the India Meteorological Department, said today.
Cyclonic storm Laila late Thursday wreaked havoc in coastal Andhra Pradesh, killing 17 people, inundating scores of villages and inflicting massive damage to infrastructure. The armed forces have been called in to help in relief and rescue work. Accompanied by heavy rains, high storm surges and winds with speed of …
India Keeping Pace With Global Warming Trends New Delhi: Following the release of global temperature data which revealed April of 2010 was the hottest April ever and that this year so far has been warmest on record, Nasa has said global temperatures have been steadily rising since the late 1970s …
The coastal areas of Tamil Nadu, including state capital Chennai, received incessant rainfall due to Cyclone Laila. The torrent, which began late on Tuesday, continued on Wednesday too. The regional meteorological department in Chennai issued a warning that similar weather conditions would continue till Thursday. While the coastal areas of …
HEAVY rains with strong gales lashed coastal Andhra region on Wednesday as authorities began forceful evacuation from low-lying areas with the cyclonic storm set for landfall on Thursday morning. The storm, christened Laila, lay centred at 320 km south-southwest of Machilipatnam and is set to cross the Andhra coast between …
The Andhra Pradesh coast may escape severe battering by cyclonic storm Laila that is showing signs of weakening before hitting the seashore. However, heavy rains with gales, which killed 10 people, brought normal life to a halt in the coastal region. Weather officials forecast that the cyclonic storm may not …
Pune Even as cyclonic storm Laila has brought a lull in the movement of the south-west monsoon, Met officers are hopeful that it will not delay the onset date of the monsoons touching the Kerala coast on May 30. National Climate Centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD), Pune, director Dr …
MUMBAI: The depression that formed over the Bay of Bengal on Monday turned into a full-blown cyclonic storm by Tuesday. Cyclone 'Laila' has got the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) worried as though it is expected to affect only the eastern coast of India, it is likely to have an impact …
While the south-west monsoon has arrived in India, with Andaman & Nicobar Islands and the southern Bay of Bengal experiencing the first monsoon rains, the depression in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a cyclonic storm, raising questions about the progress of the monsoon. Cyclone Laila, which lay centred …
NEW DELHI: The depression in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a cyclonic storm, and lies centred 400 km east of Chennai on Tuesday evening. According to a bulletin issued by the India Meteorological Department, the system is likely to intensify further and cross the Andhra Pradesh coast, between …
Ahmedabad: If you expected some respite from the scorching heat, this may not be music to your ears. All hopes of mercury level in Ahmedabad coming down from Sunday onwards were dashed after development of cyclonic storm Laila over south-west and adjoining south-east and west-central Bay of Bengal. The earlier …
MUMBAI: The heat is on, and how! According to figures available with the BMC, temperature in parts of Mumbai has hit 40 degrees Celcius. The BMC runs Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) at 35 locations across the city, some of which have been consistently recording temperatures close to 40 degrees this …
