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 …
Ahmedabad : For parched Amdavad, Met department has pinned hopes on low pressure system in Jharkhand which is expected to give good rainfall activity in Gujarat region from July 9 to July 11. "A strong low pressure system has developed in Jharkhand and adjoining areas which is expected to move …
After a hiatus of more than two weeks over parts of central and east India, Met office today said elusive monsoon rains were now covering the entire country. However, cumulative seasonal rainfall for the country as a whole during this year
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's monsoon rains for the week ended July 1 were 29 percent below normal, improving from a 68 percent shortfall in the previous seven days, the weather office said on Thursday. The June-September annual rains are the main source of irrigation for Indian farms and are …
NEW DELHI: Ending weeks of speculation, the monsoon finally arrived in the Capital on Tuesday bringing much needed relief to the citizens. People rejoiced and many of them did not miss the opportunity to drench themselves in the welcome showers. Confirming the monsoon
A special report on "Aila", the cyclone that struck on May 25. Now, with 400 km-long embankment breached, people of Sunderbans live with threat of a high tide causing further damage. It calls for a long-term policy on behalf of the islanders for saving the Sunderbans. See Also Report: Boiling …
P. Sunderarajan NEW DELHI: The Southwest Monsoon has made rapid advances since Sunday and, by Monday evening, it covered almost 80 per cent of the country. Director-General of India Meteorological Department (IMD) Ajit Tyagi told The?Hindu that conditions were favourable for the monsoon
New Delhi: Even as it makes steady progress over the rest of the country, the monsoon appears to be playing hide and seek with Delhi, which might have to wait at least another week
SOUTHWEST monsoon appears to be picking up pace as the weather office on Monday claimed that about 80% of the country has been covered by the seasonal rains which are expected to drench northwest India in the next two days. Aided by the low pressure area in the Bay of …
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New Delhi: Real-time weather forecast may soon become a reality for Delhiites as the meteorological office has geared up to install hi-tech instruments at various locations in and around the capital. The outdated measuring instruments are all set to make way for automatic weather stations (AWS) which will help the …
J. Balaji NEW DELHI: Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Sunday allayed fears about the country facing a drought this year. Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced that the south-west monsoon was likely to resume over the remaining parts of central India and some parts of north-west India after …
This year the southwest monsoon set in early over Kerala and got off to a dramatic, if unpropitious, start. Cyclone Aila swept in from the Bay of Bengal and wreaked havoc, including much loss of life, in West Bengal and neighbouring Bangladesh. Thereafter, the monsoon went into a slump and …
AMIT AGNIHOTRI NEW DELHI June 25: The government is not pressing the panic button despite a rain-deficient June riding on the hope that the delayed monsoon will not affect its food stocks. "There is no need for panic. We hope normal monsoon activity in the country during the July-August period …
Mumbai/Ahmedabad, June 25: Amid fears of drought due to delayed monsoon, several parts of western India received sporadic rainfall on Thursday with Met office forecasting favourable conditions for advance of southwest monsoon into Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. However, rains played truant in Central India including Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Monsoon …
June 25: This is supposed to the monsoon season, but the severe heat wave conditions in many parts of the state make it seem as if summer has not bid goodbye yet. In all, 18 districts in the state have recorded deficit (nine districts) and scanty rainfall (nine districts). According …
