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Annual climate summary 2023

The report discusses the climate condition over Indian region during the year 2023. Notably, global temperatures soared to exceptionally high levels during this period (WMO.No.1347). The India Meteorological Department continuously monitors weather and climate over Indian region. The annual mean land surface air temperature averaged over India during 2023 was …

City of Cape Town warns of further, intensified water restrictions

Cape Town - The City of Cape Town is preparing for the imminent implementation of intensified water restrictions, water and waste services mayoral committee member Xanthea Limberg said on Monday. The envisaged Level 4b restrictions would adjust the water usage target down from 600 million litres per day to 500 …

Bootcamps, internships train 'climate champions' in Uganda

When Josephine Kiiza first moved from Kampala to Masaka, in southern Uganda, to flee civil war raging in the 1980s, she had no money, land or food in her name. "My in-laws gave us two piglets, which brought us manure to farm a plot of leased land, crops we could …

Guwahati floods: Three dead in 10 days

Angry residents protest on streets, clash with police. Guwahati: Heavy rainfall has reduced Guwahati to a deathtrap with at least three people, including a Class 7 student, losing their lives due to electrocution on the waterlogged streets of Guwahati in past 10 days. Dulal Malakar, an employee of a KFC …

One dead, 3 injured in State landslide

An 18-year-old girl died on the spot while three others sustained severe injuries when a massive landslide triggered by heavy downpour hit Chimpu village here. The incident took place yesterday and the deceased as well as the injured were on deep sleep in their kutcha house when the landslide occurred. …

Flood rescue operation by 1st bn NDRF in Agartala

Incessant rainfall since last week & rising water level of river Haora created unprecedented flood that submerged area of Agartala i.e Chandrapur Bazar & Jogindernagar District- West Tripura. This unexpected flood havoc disturbed the life of locals. A search & rescue team of 1st battalion National Disaster Response Force carried …

More deaths in northeast as heavy rain continues

Rescue operations on; transport partially hit in Assam Heavy rain affected life in Northeast India on Monday too, with the floods taking more lives. National Disaster Response Force personnel are continuing rescue operations. In Meghalaya, with the death of one more person on Sunday, the death toll in landslips rose …

Death toll in M'laya landslides rises to 7

The death toll in the landslides triggered by heavy downpour in the State rose to seven on Sunday. Torrential rains have triggered huge landslides in several parts of the state and damaged public property. The death toll rose to seven following the recovery of the body of a missing woman …

Flood situation in State remains grim

GUWAHATI, June 18: Even as water levels in some rivers have started receding, the flood situation in the State continues to be grim with the death of a person in the current wave. While one person at Thelamara in Sonitpur district has been missing since Saturday, the body of a …

Rain fury in northeast: 70,000 hit, 4,000 more displaced

GUWAHATI/SILCHAR/SHILLONG: Southwest monsoon rains wreaked havoc in the Northeast, inundating large areas in five districts of Assam, which increased the affected population twofold to a little less than 70,000 with 3,905 people displaced in the last 24 hours. Two people have been reported missing in Sonitpur district. At Paschim Balia …

Flash floods kill four in Assam

In almost a repeat of last year, the tributaries of the Brahmaputra have started rising with the advent of south west monsoon. Four persons have been reported dead in flash floods.

Flash floods wreak havoc in Manipur

GUWAHATI/IMPHAL: The death toll due to incessant rains and flash floods in the past 48 hours climbed to 14 in the northeast, with four people found dead in Guwahati on Wednesday . Two of them died of electrocution. In Manipur, flash floods submerged huge tracts of low-lying areas in the …

Landslides continue unabated

The incessant rain that began on June 11 stopped but its impact is still felt in the city that has been facing inhumane problems like mucky houses, mucky roads, landslides, still inundated lanes and by-lanes since last night. The problem is far from being over, temporarily although. There have been …

Eight killed in Mizoram floods

As many as 350 houses submerged; 84 families evacuated; schools closed Eight persons have been killed and six others are missing after flash floods caused by heavy rainfall wrecked havoc at Tlabung in Mizoram’s Lunglei district. National Highway 54, which links the State with Assam, has been cut off at …

Centre assures Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram Govt. help to deal with floods

Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju took to Twitter and tweeted: ? The Centre today assured the Arunachal Pradesh and the Mizoram government that it would provide them all assistance to deal with the floods. Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju took to Twitter and tweeted: …

Death toll from Bangladesh landslides rises to 134 after heavy rain

The death toll could rise as rescuers search for bodies with many people still missing DHAKA, June 14 (Reuters) - At least 134 people were killed in Bangladesh when a series of landslides triggered by heavy rain buried hillside homes, officials said on Wednesday. Densely populated Bangladesh is battered by …

Nigeria: Abia Community Under Erosion Threat

Umuahia — With the rains becoming heavier, many parts of Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State are already under the threat of devastating erosion which has become a common feature in many communities in the area. In past years, it was common to see families abandon their homes whenever …

Nigeria: Flooding - 'Kano, Lagos, Delta, 23 Others At High Risk'

Twenty six states across the federation and 96 local government areas are expected to experience high flood in the next few months, the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) predicted in its 2017 flood outlook. The Director General, NIHSA, Dr Moses Beckley, said another 231 local government areas from other states …

Storms in South Africa's Cape fail to stem water shortages

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's tourist capital Cape Town remains gripped by critical water shortages despite being lashed by torrential rains last week in the region's worst storm in 30 years, officials said on Tuesday. More than eight people were killed and thousands forced from their homes after gale …

Cape Town Mops Up After Most Devastating Storm in 30 Years

Residents of Cape Town, South Africa’s second-largest city, and other towns in the surrounding Western Cape province mopped up the damage Thursday after a devastating storm that caused nine deaths, flattened hundreds of shacks and downed power lines and trees. The most important market news of the day. Get our …

Eight killed, thousands displaced as storm lashes South Africa's Cape

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Eight people have been killed and thousands forced from their homes as South Africa's tourist base Cape Town and surrounding areas were hit by the worst winter storm in 30 years, officials said on Wednesday. The storm is expected to dump more than two inches (50 …

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