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: The south-western monsoon has now spread across entire Gujarat, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday. This year, the arrival of monsoon was delayed by over a month. "The South-West monsoon has further advanced into remaining parts of Gujarat. Thus it has covered the entire state," reads a …
The southwest monsoon on Wednesday covered the entire country after its arrival at Kerala coast on June 8, with most parts of the country receiving adequate rainfall, especially in the last two weeks. “The monsoon has advanced into remaining parts of north Arabian sea, Kutch and west Rajasthan. Thus, it …
Bhopal: While several parts of the state are ravaged by floods, Chambal region continues to wait for a good spell of shower and people in Gwalior are seeking divine intervention for the same. A group of 14 priests offered special prayers to appease Lord Shiva on Sunday. Amid hot and …
Bhopal: With monsoon playing truant and no relief from sultry weather in the state, "climate change" is triggering a delay in rainfall, weatherman said. On Monday, hot and humid weather conditions continued to cause inconvenience to people in most parts of the state. Attributing erratic weather conditions to "anti-cyclonic systems" …
More than 25% excess rainfall over normal on Wednesday has pulled down the overall deficiency in the quantum of monsoon rainfall to only 18% from 25% reported a week ago. With monsoon rains expected to advance further into parts of northern and western regions in the next couple of days, …
Fifty-seven people were killed and 24 injured after being struck by lightning in Bihar on Wednesday. The overnight storm also killed dozens of animals in 17 of the 38 districts of the state that received the season’s first rainfall. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today chaired a meeting of IMD and …
MUMBAI: The normal monsoon onset date for the city may be June 10 in the India Meteorological Department (IMD) calendar, but in the last 65 years there have been only two years, 1999 and 2004, when the rains have arrived on the appointed date. This year the arrival of the …
Stuck over south India for almost a week, the monsoon is set to stir again on the back of a fresh surge. Over the next four-five days, the rain-bearing wind system is expected to cover entire peninsular India and major parts of east India, and enter central India, the Met …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With conditions favourable for the onset of South West Monsoon in Kerala on Tuesday, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) indicates probability of 113 percent above normal rainfall overall this monsoon along with La Nina effects towards its last phase. Now, heavy to very heavy rains are expected to lash parts …
Sriganganagar hottest at 47.7 degrees Celsius; Met department predicts onset of the southwest monsoon over Kerala during the next two-three days There was no respite from heat in several parts of northern India with Sriganganagar and Phalodi in Rajasthan recording a maximum of over 47 degrees Celsius even as IMD …
With lightning on an average striking four persons dead in every five days during a year in Odisha, the fact of the matter is it simultaneously also indicates to some ‘thunderous’ upheavals happening in the State’s climatic landscape, especially, when Odisha had recorded on average around two deaths a day …
The skyman announce that it would strike the Kerala coast on June 7 (plus or minus four days). Hyderabad: Monsoons in Kerala this year would be delayed from the normal date of June 1 for the last 50 years. The skyman announce that it would strike the Kerala coast on …
Agriculture-related stocks continued to outperform benchmark indices and stayed high in May also on expectation of robust monsoon this year after consecutive years of drought in the past two years. Stocks such as Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizer & Chemical jumped 34 per cent on month-to-date basis till May 27. Others …
Weatherman has forecast rain or thundershowers in most parts of West Bengal for the next two days Cloudbursts claimed six lives in Uttarakhand’s Tehri and Uttarkashi districts while there were scattered rain in other States, Odisha and Bihar, bringing down the mercury. A child died in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnore district …
Ahmedabad: The number of days of moderate and severe heat waves engulfing Gujarat over more than a decade is steadily increasing. This has been revealed in a study on 'heat waves, temperature extremes and their impacts on monsoon and drought', spanning three decades (1981 to 2010), and representing nine agro-climatic …
Palodhi in Rajasthan simmers at 51 degrees; Ahmedabad breaks 100-year-old record Blistering heat roasted north India with Palodhi in Rajasthan simmering at 51 degrees and the maximum in Ahmedabad shattering a century-old record. Delhi reeled under sweltering conditions, recording the maximum at 43 degrees. The minimum the city was 28.6 …
Blistering heat torrefied north India with Palodhi in Rajasthan simmering at 51 degrees and the maximum in Ahmedabad shattering a century-old record at 480C even as the weatherman said cyclonic storm “Roanu” may bring heavy rains in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Orissa. In the east, officials said about 4,000 people …
W Rajasthan Among World's Hottest Areas Normal life was thrown out of gear across northern India as a blistering heatwave swept through the region, breaking temperature records at several places on Wednesday . West Rajasthan was among the hottest regions on earth, with the mercury touching the second highest temperature …
Jaipur: Rajasthan continued to reel under heat wave even as light rainfall brought down day temperatures in western parts of the state. Bikaner was the hottest place with a maximum temperature of 46.6 degrees Celsius. Churu recorded a maximum temperature of 46.5 degrees whereas Barmer, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Kota, Sriganganagar and …
Raipur: India's drought-prone area has increased by 57 per cent since 1997. One-third of districts have faced more than four droughts over the past decade and 50 million people are affected by drought every year. Since independence, the country has spent a humungous Rs 3.5 lakh crore on drought-related issues. …
