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 …
Overnight heavy rains triggering flash floods on Monday submerged a number of streets and by-lanes of this town. The continuous rainfall accompanied by fierce wind battered the town and affected normal life as people were caught in an inclement weather. A number of residential areas extending from Subhashnagar, Chittaranjan Avenue, …
The frequent and severe cases of waterlogging in Delhi have prompted Tapas, an NGO, to move National Green Tribunal (NGT), asking for directions to the agencies concerned on rainwater harvesting (RWH) along roads and on flyovers. Though NGT issued directions to PWD to carry out RWH on all 90 flyovers …
In Uttarakhand, where most of the places have been receiving rain for the past several days, a heavy rain alert has been issued over the next 48 hours As parts of eastern and western India grapple with consequences of floods, which have claimed at least 150 lives in the region, …
Katila / Kalma Camp — Heavy rainfall and floods destroyed hundreds of houses in Katila in South Darfur on Friday. Kalma camp for the displaced near the state capital Nyala has turned into a mud bath. Abakar El Tom, Deputy Speaker of the South Darfur state parliament and representative of …
Many defunct borwells start functioning now. NIZAMABAD: Following the frequent rains, groundwater table has increased in Nizamabad district. In the wake of the above normal rainfall in the district for the last two months, the groundwater table has increased by an average of 3.08 mts in rural and urban areas. …
Tawi continues to flow above the danger mark; Vaishnodevi and Amarnath yatras remain suspended; Bihar death toll 95; 35 die in Assam A flood alert has been sounded in Jammu where heavy rain left three dead and several injured while four more deaths were reported from Bihar where the deluge …
Two State Forest Corporation (SFC) labourers were among three persons killed and six others were injured on Sunday in three separate cases of house collapse triggered by the overnight heavy rainfall across Jammu region. The pilgrimage to Amarnath cave shrine was suspended due to inclement weather while it was partially …
Itanagar: Landslides triggered by torrential rainfall in the past couple of days washed away eight residential buildings in Tawang district, bordering China on Friday night. Though no casualty was reported, three persons sustained minor injuries. A car and a bike were damaged in the landslide that occurred at Barbara village …
More than 200 million people living in dryland regions of Sub-Saharan Africa make their living from agriculture. Most are exposed to weather shocks, especially drought, that can decimate their incomes, destroy their assets, and plunge them into a poverty trap from which it is difficult to emerge. Their lack of …
AHMEDABAD: Heavy rains lashed western parts of the city on Thursday. Though maximum temperature was higher than the past two days, it was two degrees below normal for this day of the year, and came to rest at 34.2 degree celsius, two degrees below normal. The minimum temperature was 24 …
As floods ravage eastern and northern India, agriculture in 115 districts across 15 states is "highly vulnerable" to climate change, according to a study published in the Indian Academy of Science journal Current Science. The first to analyse 38 meteorological, agricultural and social data across all of India's 572 rural …
The results are contrary to the general notion that global warming or increased summer temperature is responsible for extreme summer monsoon rainfall events. A study carried out by researchers at IIT Bombay has found that extreme rainfall events over India do not have significant association with land surface air temperature …
Farm produce on 1.61 lakh hectares of land has been damaged so far as per a survey. With one fresh death reported from Gopalganj, the toll in Bihar floods on Wednesday increased to 61 with many areas in 13 districts still under water in the state. The floods have affected …
2 Buses, Many Vehicles Plunge Into River At least 22 people were feared to have drowned after a nearly 90-year-old bridge on the Mumbai-Goa highway collapsed during a torrential downpour in the region on Tuesday night. Those feared dead include the passengers and crew of two Maharashtra state transport buses …
Gurgaon: Environmentalists have warned the state government against going ahead with its plan to dig an artificial lake in Sector 72A and stop concretising drains to better equip the city in dealing with heavy rain. Deconstructing the government's argument that an artificial lake would both hold rainwater and recharge groundwater, …
The Delhi government has been directed to expeditiously identify wetlands in Dwarka sub-city after an environment activist sought the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) intervention in the matter. A bench headed by Justice U.D. Salvi ordered the government to complete the process of identification and classification of the wetlands within a …
Heavy overnight rains lashed south and east central Gujarat causing flood like situation in localities alongside rivers flowing through Valsad, Navsari and Surat districts and killing at least five persons at two places, officials said today. Auranga river in Valsad was flowing above danger level, due to incessant rains, flooding …
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand has the higher number of landslide prone or unstable zones among the north Himalayan states including Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, according to a report submitted in Parliament recently. As per the report, submitted on July 27 by YS Chowdary, minister of state for earth sciences, science …
Backed by two scientists, residents of Dwarka recently submitted their suggestions to the National Green Tribunal, saying that reviving waterbodies in Dwarka could ensure water sufficiency in the area. The team comprising Shashank Shekhar, assistant professor of geology at DU and JNU emeritus professor Vikram Soni found that just tapping …
INDORE : Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Sunday's 'Man ki baat' exhorted that dengue spread can be curbed with maintaining cleanliness, people living in posh colonies seem to be ignoring cautionary words. For the dengue-causing Aedes aegypti mosquito, which has a very short flight and feeds on …
