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 …
Tanga — ABOUT 200 families in Mabawa ward, Tanga city, have been rendered homeless after their houses were waterlogged following heavy rains that fell in the city on Monday night. Following the incident, there was an urgent call to mobilize Tanga citizens from all walks of life to provide humanitarian …
The IMF working paper has tried to dispel some fears associated with the weather phenomenon As the government gears up to face the adverse impact of El Niño on the monsoon, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) working paper has tried to dispel some fears associated with the weather phenomenon. IMF …
Unseasonal rain and drastic dip in temperature since March has increased the worries of the farmer community in the Valley as the current climatic condition is likely to affect the yield this year. Around 70 per cent of the Valley’s population is dependent on agriculture for their livelihood. Experts from …
BHOPAL: Two farmers from the state committed suicide on Sunday after alleged crop failure due to unseasonal rain and hail last month. One of them in Bhind hanged himself from a tree on village outskirt along Chambal ravines while other in Gwalior jumped before a train. In Bhind alone, 13 …
When does an El Nino (warming of the east and equatorial Pacific) create widespread rain deficit over India during the monsoon? K Srikanth, Chennai-based blogger and weather enthusiast, has found from a study that between 1950 and 2012, five years have seen 50 per cent or more meteorological divisions suffer …
Scheme On Backburner For 2 Yrs Despite Residents Being Keen; DJB Plans To Push It Now Record March rainfall this time could have helped the city tide over its summer water crisis had the water been tapped properly but most of it just flowed down sewers after flooding roads and …
Researchers with the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) now say the effect of global warming has become more pronounced in the country over the last 10 years. Besides an average rise of 0.4-0.5 degrees celsius in temperature, the country has seen a gradual rise in the minimum temperature and also a …
Flash floods killed five people in south-east Queensland when their cars were swept away following a rain storm on Australia's east coast, police said on Saturday. The dead included three men, one woman and a eight-year-old boy, while more than 30 other people were rescued from cars stranded on flooded …
Lifting the gloom on a day marred by more aftershocks that kept people in Nepal on edge and a rising death toll that topped the 7,200-mark, rescuers on Sunday pulled out three more survivors from under the debris of their homes who were miraculously alive eight days after the quake. …
This study is the first, to our knowledge, to reveal how climate variability drives irruptions of North American boreal seed-eating birds. Patterns of Pine Siskin irruption and associated climate drivers manifest as two modes (North-South and West-East) in which dipoles of temperature and precipitation anomalies push and pull irruptive movements …
Pre-monsoon rains have produced what looks like an unmatched record this season, delivering excess or normal rainfall for the entire country as at April-end. For the country as a whole, the surplus rain has been estimated at 89 per cent as on Wednesday, according to statistics posted by India Met …
A clear picture is likely to emerge only towards the end of June Rural distress owing to heavy unseasonal rains in March and the prospects of less-than-normal monsoon have made bankers “a cautious lot” at the start of this financial year. However, it is too early to conclude that the …
El Nino is not only expected to affect monsoon in India but also in neighbouring countries like Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal and some parts of Myanmar. The 6th session of the South Asian Climate Outlook Forum (SASCOF), a sub-regional body of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) devoted to specific monsoon …
Twelve persons were killed and crops damaged in heavy rain, accompanied by gusty winds, in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. Lightning caused nine deaths, including those of Ankush and Ajay, both 18, at Puresewika Majra in Rae Bareli district, and an eight-year-old girl and Shanti Devi, 55, at Shahgarh in Amethi. …
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday announced compensation of Rs 1,092 crore to farmers affected by inclement weather conditions, to be disbursed by May 15. Noting the huge crop loss due to adverse weather conditions, he said the government has decided on compensation of Rs. 1,092 crore to …
Climate indicators are nearing levels associated with an El Nino weather event, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said on Tuesday. Pacific Ocean sea temperatures now exceed El Nino thresholds, the bureau said, while trade winds have weakened over the last few weeks - suggesting coupling between the ocean and atmosphere …
Starvation is looming in Zimbabwe after widespread failure of crops coupled by the country's policies that have failed to stimulate economic growth. A snap survey by The Standard in various parts of the country showed that a large chunk of the staple crop -- maize -- is now a write …
The Himachal Pradesh government has released Rs. 9.14 crore under the Disaster Relief Fund for the rain and storm affected farmers. “To compensate farmers and horticulturists for the loss suffered by them due to untimely rains and heavy snow, the State government has released Rs 9.14 crore under the Disaster …
Private forecaster Skymet has stuck to its earlier forecast of a normal monsoon this year, unruffled by the weather office's prediction that rainfall in the crucial June-September period would be below par. "I am very confident of our forecast of a normal monsoon this season with a model error of …
Monsoon is expected to be below normal in central India as well, though the India Meteorological Department's region-wise monsoon distribution will be released only in June. A Met department source on Thursday said the experimental forecast has shown that monsoon may be below normal in Central India that includes central …
