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 …
There have been good crops in years of poor rain Surinder Sud / New Delhi July 28, 2009, 0:04 IST There have been good crops in years of poor rain and huge variations in years which have had similar rain. The prospects of a good crop are often linked to …
The Indian Meteorological Department has warned that heavy to very heavy rainfall will be witnessed in southwest Madhya Pradesh, north-central Maharashtra, north Konkan and south Rajasthan in the next 24 hours. At some places, the rainfall can be extremely heavy crossing the 25-cm mark. The Indian Meteorological Department has warned …
Mumbai: Rain gods could do with some rest in the last ten days of July. The city has already received more rainfall than the last nine years' average in the first 20 days of the month itself. The island city has received 677.1 mm of rainfall until July 20 this …
Pune The city on Wednesday saw a lot of wind activity in most places, along with incessant rains. Even as the wind velocity in the city on Tuesday was five nautical miles per hour (knots), it was low on Wednesday but could continue to scale up with the monsoon activity …
Shreekant Sambrani / July 16, 2009, 0:18 IST Since it does not take into account new abnormalities like the MJO, it is hardly surprising that the Met has got it wrong once again. So finally, the Prime Minister is briefed about the monsoon and learns what we have known for …
The rainfall situation in parts of north and northwest India does not look good. Deficient rains threaten agriculture in States like Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Himachal Pradesh, although there is still some hope of a recovery. The India Meteorological Department reports that the country as a whole received
Pravda Godbole / Pune July 15, 2009, 0:35 IST The India Meteorological Department (IMD) today maintained there would be a normal monsoon in the country this year. A B Mazumdar, Deputy Director General of Meteorology (Weather Forecasting), IMD, Pune, said:
AMIT AGNIHOTRI The Prime Minister has asked Union Cabinet secretary K.M. Chandrashekhar to monitor the situation on a daily basis Concerned over continuing rain distress in Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, heartland of the green revolution, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took stock of the situation in a meeting with …
NEW DELHI: With the overall rainfall continuing to be below normal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday reviewed the crop situation and directed officials to be ready for any contingency. Dr. Singh met with senior officials of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and the Agriculture Ministry, just before leaving for …
With deficient rainfall in many parts of the country raising the spectre of a dip in agricultural production, a concerned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday took stock of the monsoon situation and instructed officials to be ready with contingency measures to meet any eventuality. Hours before he left on …
Everything depends on rains in the next seven days, says India Meteorological Department A presentation on the progress of monsoon by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has made the government confident this year will be a good crop year, but everything depends on rains in the next seven days.
Farm ministry irked at IMD (which is under earth sciences ministry) making rain data public, as it has to do ground work to minimise the adverse impact of poor monsoon Our Political Bureau NEW DELHI POOR monsoon may have triggered off cold vibes between the NCP chief Sharad Pawar
Vinson Kurian Thiruvananthapuram, July 12 The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the monsoon trough across the plains of northwest India has shifted north (of normal), which signals a weakening of rain-enabling conditions. But the IMD hastened to add that the trough would shift back south (to align along …
P. Sunderarajan NEW DELHI: Five weeks into the season, the monsoon situation in the country continues to be precarious. Large parts continue to be in deficit, despite the vigorous rainfall activity over several areas over the past week. As of Wednesday, deficiency in cumulative rainfall since June 1 continued to …
AHMEDABAD: The weather department has forecast moderate to heavy rainfall in south Gujarat and parts of Gujarat on Thursday. Officials said they were hopeful that Ahmedabad will get its maiden showers. "The monsoon activity is expected to give good rainfall in south Gujarat and region including parts of north Gujarat. …
P. Sunderarajan NEW DELHI: There finally seems to be some light at the end of the tunnel for the people of Delhi and other parts of north west India, who have been subjected to muggy weather for the last several days even as the monsoons lashed other parts of the …
The rainfall in the month of July this year is above normal in Goa, according to the Meteorological Department. Till date the State has received 1443.5mm of rainfall which is quite high compared to the predicted normal rainfall of 1110.6mm.
