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 …
Showers on Tuesday evening caused waterlogging in many parts of the city.Jams were also reported in east and south Delhi due to breakdowns and accidents. Even though the municipal corporations had claimed to corporations had claimed to have completed de-silting drains, waterlogging was severe in east and south Delhi.Areas like …
Bhopal: "Paani may Marne Se Accha Hai Aise Hi Mar Jaayein (Instead of dying due to water it is better to die like this )," mourned Raghuvir Dhakad, 34, before he attempted suicide irked over failure of district administration to solve problem of water logging in area surrounding his house …
Flash floods triggered by torrential rain have killed at least 22 people in India and forced more than 170,000 from their homes, officials said on Monday, as forecasters predicted more downpours in coming days. India's monsoon rains, though vital for agriculture, regularly bring death and destruction. The rain was 35 …
Weeks of torrential rain across central and southern China have caused the country’s worst flooding since 1998, killing 173 people, ruining farms and cutting major transportation arteries -- and creating potential headwinds to economy growth. A swollen Yangtze and other rivers spilled over their banks as flood waters moved toward …
MORIGAON (Assam): As Assam continues to reel under the devastating impact of floods, the Brahmaputra river has submerged 60 per cent of the rhino habitat Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary located in Morigaon district near Guwahati. The floods have also damaged around 50 per cent infrastructure of the Sanctuary which is the …
AT least six people were dead and eight others missing after Typhoon Nepartak battered China’s east coast with heavy rain and strong winds that toppled homes and triggered landslides, officials in Fujian and Jiangxi provinces said yesterday. Fujian’s water resources department said more than 438,000 people had been relocated. Five …
SINGAPORE—Singapore is building its newest airport terminal higher and creating sea walls along its coast as the island city-state seeks to protect itself from possible flooding due to global warming. The proposed Terminal 5 at Changi Airport will be built 5.5 meters (18 feet) above the mean sea level, which …
Thane: The rainwater harvesting initiative in the city has failed to garner a good response from residents as the Thane Muncipal Corporation (TMC) has not received too many proposals for installing the system, this year. Evironmentalists are also shocked with the tepid figures as residents had face acute water shortage …
Bhopal: In a city coming to terms with pain and misery in the aftermath of one of the heaviest downpour in its history, there were countless instances wherein Bhopalis, thinking nothing of their sufferings came forward to give a leg up to those stranded in their homes and colonies. Braving …
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 …
With heavy rains lashing Madhya Pradesh, the death toll due to flood-related incidents has gone up to 15 in the state, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Sunday. Seven persons died due to flood in different parts of the state in last 24 hours, he told reporters. Yesterday, the …
We present the measurements of cloud-base height variations over Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Science, Nainital (79.45E, 29.37N, 1958 m amsl) obtained from Vaisala Ceilometer, during the nearly year-long Ganges Valley Aerosol Experiment (GVAX). The cloud-base measurements are analysed in conjunction with collocated measurements of rainfall, to study the possible …
Long-term measurements (from August 2009 to December 2014) of aerosol black carbon mass concentration (MBC) and spectral aerosol optical depth (AOD) were carried out from a high-altitude location, Hanle in western trans-Himalaya as part of the Regional Aerosol Warming Experiment. Original Source
The rescue operations launched in the wake of heavy rains and cloudbursts in hilly state of Uttarakhand were wound up today in most places except in Bastadi in Pithoragarh district which bore the maximum brunt with highest number of casualties at 17. Rescue operations have been completed everywhere except in …
DEHRADUN: A team of experts from the Disaster Mitigation and Management Centre (DMMC) is conducting a geological study of the villages in Pithoragarh that were hit by landslides triggered by cloudbursts on July 1. The disaster claimed 16 lives in the district while eight people are still missing. Piyoosh Rautela, …
Nearly 90,000 people have been affected in the latest wave of floods across seven districts in Assam. Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) sources said more than 88,000 people are reeling under flood in 257 villages across Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Nagaon, Jorhat, Golaghat, Morigaon and Biswanath districts. Currently, Brahmaputra is flowing …
More than a quarter of the total geographic area (TGA)-96.4 million hectares (mha) or 29.32%-in India is undergoing degradation as per decadal information compiled for the the period 2011-13, posing a major challenge to the country's commitment to the UN of achieving a land degradation neutral status by 2030. The …
DEHRADUN/ALMORA: Over 900 villages across the state had plunged into darkness when cloudbursts and incessant rains hit Uttarakhand on July 1. Of these, around 150 are still in the dark. Senior officials of the Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited (UPCL) said on Monday that the scale of damage to transmission lines …
Guwahati: Heavy rain in most parts of upper Assam has led to a rise in the Brahmaputra's water level, inundating four districts and over 80,500 people till Monday. "The Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger mark at Nematighat in Jorhat, Tezpur in Sonitpur, Dhansiri in Golaghat and Jia Bharali at …
Dehradun: The search and rescue teams have recovered four more bodies from the debris in the cloudburst-hit villages of Pithoragarh district, raising the death toll in the natural disaster to 20 while 12 persons are still missing. Significantly, three bodies were pulled out from the worst-affected Bastadi village while one …
