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 …
Madan Lal Sharma former Member Parliament today said Rajouri & Poonch are doubly hit by the natural calamity and has caused extensive devastation to the area. He demanded more focus of Central and State Government as no help has reached to the internal cut off areas so far. Sharma voiced …
Rains hamper rescue Ops; 60,000 shifted, 2 lakh still marooned Fourteen children, who died at a hospital were among 43 people found dead in Kashmir Valley as the flood waters receded in Kashmir valley during the past two days as more than 1,84,000 people have been so far rescued by …
BEIJING - Heavy rains in China's southwest have killed at least 19 people and left 20 missing, with tens of thousands of people evacuated due to flooding, Chinese media reported Monday. The China News Service reported that 12 people had died in the city of Chongqing, three in neighboring Sichuan …
Islamabad—Rains and floods have killed 280 people and injured more than 500 across the country, Ahmad Kamal, the spokesman for Pakistan’s National Disaster Management (NDMA), said. He said more than two million people had been affected in the ongoing crisis. The statement comes as military specialists blew up dykes in …
Climate change is set to unleash a series of decades-long “megadroughts” this century, according to research to be published this week. Experts warn the droughts could be even more severe than the prolonged water shortage currently afflicting California, where residents have resorted to stealing from fire hydrants amid mass crop …
The northern Antarctic Peninsula is currently undergoing rapid atmospheric warming. Increased glacier-surface melt during the twentieth century has contributed to ice-shelf collapse and the widespread acceleration, thinning and recession of glaciers. Therefore, glaciers peripheral to the Antarctic Ice Sheet currently make a large contribution to eustatic sea-level rise, but future …
Villages in the district which are prone to waterlogging are hit the most by heavy rainfall in the last couple of days. The situation is grim in Khui Khera village where standing crop over 1,800 acres of land has been submerged. Prem Kularia, a former sarpanch and member of the …
Large scale rescue efforts are under way in Jammu on Tuesday to rescue lakhs of people trapped in flood-ravaged areas, with IAF choppers and transport aircraft undertaking non-stop sorties overnight to carry men and relief material to submerged parts. As most of the areas remain inaccessible due to cutting off …
FORECAST Indian meteorologists say it was unlikely to make a huge impact on the Indian weather The Australian Met department, in its latest outlook of El Nino, has said that there’s a 50% chance of the weather pattern developing in the next few months. “The majority of international climate models …
Describing the current floods in the state as the worst in 109 years, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said the government will reach out to all people for rescuing them and then rehabilitate them. Acknowledging the anger and frustration of those affected by the disaster that struck …
As Jammu and Kashmir continues to reel under its worst floods in 60 years, which have stranded over 6 lakh people and killed about 200, the attention is slowly veering towards the reasons and causes behind this unprecedented natural disaster. An analysis by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) suggests …
Flood-battered Jammu and Kashmir can expect a break from heavy rains as the monsoon goes into a less active phase in north India for at least the next three-four days. The national rainfall deficit has now fallen to 11%. The monsoon, however, remains active over central India and there's no …
The cracked ground beneath Charles Brett's boots is so dry that even the weeds have capitulated in the fading soil. While Sydney endured its wettest August in 15 years, a few millimetres of rain has barely made a dent for farmers in north-west NSW who are enduring their worst drought …
In the run up to the UN climate summit in New York, Indian scientists and the Indian National Science Academy (Insa) urged policy makers to take "actionable steps" to reduce the impact of climate change. At an interaction organized at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay on Saturday, scientists and …
Even as it finally stopped raining on Sunday, after five days of continuous downpour, reports of more deaths and destruction poured in from across the state. More than 150 people are reported to have died in the last six days, while thousands are stranded. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who held …
At least 50 people belonging to a marriage party were feared killed after the bus in which they were travelling was washed away by flood waters in Nowshera sector near Line of Control on Thursday. Jammu and Kashmir has been put under high alert following the worst floods to hit …
Seventy members of a marriage party were feared dead after the bus in which they were travelling was swept away in a flash flood in Nowshera tehsil of Rajouri district today. Sources said the bus, which was on its way from Bhata village to Lam, overturned after it got stuck …
Withdrawal of monsoon, which normally commences by September 1, has been delayed this year The withdrawal of the monsoon, which should normally begin by September 1 from west Rajasthan, is delayed this year, cheering farmers with rain that's been patchy during the season. Meteorologists said the retreat was unlikely to …
More than 30 people have been killed as a result of heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan, officials said Thursday, as authorities warned more intense rainfall and flash floods could be imminent. Most of the deaths came in roof collapses in buildings in Punjab with 13 people killed in Lahore. Pakistan …
Flood Of Patients With Viral Symptoms That Can Last For Even 2 To 3 Weeks The spell of rain over the last few days may have brought some relief to Delhiites reeling under an unusually hot spell, but it has led to a spurt in viral fever and typhoid cases. …
