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 …
Sonam Lotus, director of the meteorological office, today said there is no flood threat to the Kashmir Valley. Talking to media, he said, "Although there has been a rise in the water level of rivers and streams in the Kashmir Valley due to overnight incessant rains, there is no reason …
The Centre will work with the state governments to raise the compensation limit for farmers affected by unseasonal rains and hailstorms, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Sunday. “The Prime Minister is deeply concerned about the loss to the farmers.... The government would raise the compensation limit to help the …
A landslide in the Himalayan region of Kashmir buried at least 10 people while they were sleeping, police said on Monday, as unseasonal rains swept India, damaging crops and raising fears of flash floods in the mountainous north. Hundreds of people fled their homes as Kashmir's main rivers began to …
The heavy rainfall that battered Chile's usually arid north this week happened because of climate change, a senior meteorologist said, as the region gradually returns to normal after rivers broke banks and villages were cut off. "For Chile, this particular system can only be possible in an environment of a …
Annual rainfall levels in Israel have not changed drastically over the last 90 years, but temperatures have seen a sharp increase over the last two decades, according to a climate change report published last week by the Israel Meteorological Service. The new analysis updates a report published by the IMS …
PILIBHIT: In view of the widespread damage to crops caused by unseasonal rain across the state, Uttar Pradesh government has decided to compensate even those farmers who suffered losses between 25 and 50%. An order to the effect was received here on Wednesday. The DM has ordered revenue officials to …
Says crops on 2.94 lakh hectares were damaged The Punjab Government has sought a comprehensive relief package of Rs717 crore from the Centre to provide adequate compensation to thousands of farmers who suffered major losses due to their standing crops being damaged by untimely rains and hailstorms. In a letter …
The death toll in Chile rose to seven after rains battered the north and caused flooding, the government said on Thursday, while 19 others were unaccounted for as the military rushed to rescue stranded villagers. The downpours in the usually arid region have been the heaviest in about 80 years, …
Rainfall is increasing in the tropics across the world with the rise attributed to more big thunderstorms, new research by an Australian-led team has found. While observations and models have found that "wet gets wetter" and "warmer gets wetter", the mechanism of what has been going on has been unclear. …
The heaviest rains to hit Chile's northern desert regions in 20 year have left at least two people dead and 24 missing as the torrential downpours caused mudslides and rivers to breach their banks, leaving thousands of residents stranded. The government's ONEMI emergency office reported early Thursday that nearly 61,000 …
Climate change is making droughts worse, a Climate Council report claims. The Thirsty Country: Climate Change and Drought in Australia report found climate change was driving an increase in the intensity and frequency of extremely hot days, which was prompting an increase in the severity of droughts.
Below normal temperatures are expected in Britain and western Europe from April to June but Scandinavia and eastern Europe will continue to have above normal temperatures, Weather Services International (WSI) said on Monday. WSI's forecasts are aimed at the commodities and energy sectors. March been unusually warm across Scandinavia with …
New climate change forecasts from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) show how Austrian agriculture will be affected by climate change. Professor Josef Eitzinger from the BOKU Institute of Meteorology said various agricultural regions in Austria would be affected very differently by climate change, and "some will …
India is likely to witness a normal monsoon across the country in 2015, but rainfall in some pockets might be deficient, says a study. According to the Assocham-Skymet Weather joint report, the damage to Rabi crop due to unseasonal rains will continue and a major spell of rainfall is expected …
March brought less than an inch of rain to Los Angeles, a harbinger of an extended drought Near record highs will accompany dry weather as LA's rainy season dribbles to a close Temperatures are expected to heat up toward the end of next week, signaling a dry, disappointing and foreboding …
Britain has given Zimbabwe $72 million to help increase food production by rural farmers over the next four years, as the southern African country faces the prospect of poorer harvests this year due to inadequate rains. Once the bread-basket of the region, Zimbabwe has since 2000 struggled to feed its …
Shimla, March 17: The state has suffered a loss of Rs 832 crore following heavy rain and snowfall this winter season. It also claimed 59 lives. This was stated by Revenue Minister Kaul Singh Thakur while replying to a question on damage to Math colony in Kullu, raised by Maheshwar …
Rains and hailstorms lashed the state of Rajasthan killing 12 people and damaging Rabi crops in the last 24 hours, officials said today. 12 people were also injured in separate rain-related incidents besides scores of cattle perishing in the thunderstorms, they said. Six people were killed in Bundi district, two …
Sudden showers in the afternoon may bring relief but it also increases the concentration of black carbon (BC) in the city. This unique anomaly was detected by scientists from the S K Mitra Centre for Research in Space Environment, Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, after over …
The Union Ministry of Earth Sciences is trying to introduce decadal change projections in sea level till 2095, according to Secretary to the department Shailesh Nayak. Inaugurating a conference on water resources, coastal and ocean engineering at NIT(K) here on Thursday, Mr. Nayak said these were important projections, the impact …
