At least 242 million students in 85 countries had their schooling disrupted by extreme climate events in 2024, including heatwaves, tropical cyclones, storms, floods, and droughts, exacerbating an existing learning crisis, according to a new UNICEF analysis released today. Heatwaves were the predominant climate hazard shuttering schools last year, with …
Vijayawada, May 19: The district administration is on high alert with the cyclone Laila likely to cross the Krishna district coast tonight or Thursday morning triggering gales up to 120 km per hour and heavy rains. Arrangements have been made to evacuate 30,000 people to safer places, mostly to the …
The Andhra Pradesh coast may escape severe battering by cyclonic storm Laila that is showing signs of weakening before hitting the seashore. However, heavy rains with gales, which killed 10 people, brought normal life to a halt in the coastal region. Weather officials forecast that the cyclonic storm may not …
Pune Even as cyclonic storm Laila has brought a lull in the movement of the south-west monsoon, Met officers are hopeful that it will not delay the onset date of the monsoons touching the Kerala coast on May 30. National Climate Centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD), Pune, director Dr …
Raging. Turning. Twisting. Crashing. Foaming.... You have woken up to a severe cyclonic storm SHE'S a twisting, turning, raging, moving, speeding circle of winds. She's Laila, severe in her intensity, a cyclonic storm that's lashing Andhra Pradesh and districts along the Tamil Nadu coast from the wee hours of Thursday, …
V Gangadharan | ENS SQUALLY winds with speeds upto 60 km, thunderstorms accompanied by extremely heavy rains, rough seas and tidal waves along the coast of northern Tamil Nadu. This was the scary forecast for Thursday that the weath f erman made on Wednesday as Cyclone Laila, which has intensified …
MUMBAI: The depression that formed over the Bay of Bengal on Monday turned into a full-blown cyclonic storm by Tuesday. Cyclone 'Laila' has got the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) worried as though it is expected to affect only the eastern coast of India, it is likely to have an impact …
Hyderabad, May 18: A fight over jurisdiction has resulted in neither the Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) nor the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) clearing the many trees that fell in Sunday
While the south-west monsoon has arrived in India, with Andaman & Nicobar Islands and the southern Bay of Bengal experiencing the first monsoon rains, the depression in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a cyclonic storm, raising questions about the progress of the monsoon. Cyclone Laila, which lay centred …
NEW DELHI: The depression in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a cyclonic storm, and lies centred 400 km east of Chennai on Tuesday evening. According to a bulletin issued by the India Meteorological Department, the system is likely to intensify further and cross the Andhra Pradesh coast, between …
BHUBANESWAR: Laila, the cyclonic storm, formed over Bay of Bengal, was heading towards the Andhra Pradesh coast and its outer wings may just graze Orissa causing rain. The storm after its landfall is likely to move into coastal parts of Orissa. In anticipation, the State Government has already alerted the …
Ahmedabad: If you expected some respite from the scorching heat, this may not be music to your ears. All hopes of mercury level in Ahmedabad coming down from Sunday onwards were dashed after development of cyclonic storm Laila over south-west and adjoining south-east and west-central Bay of Bengal. The earlier …
Hyderabad, May 17: The state government on Sunday alerted the collectors of all the coastal districts about the formation of a depression in the Bay of Bengal. The depression, formed over the southeast Bay of Bengal around 11.30 am on Monday, lay centred on Latitude 10.5
AGARTALA, May 17: At least three people were killed and over 10 injured as a cyclonic storm lashed several parts of Tripura, leaving behind a trail of destruction, officials said on Monday. The pre-monsoon rains accompanied by strong winds and hailstorm on Sunday night damaged more than 1,000 houses and …
NEW DELHI: In the next four years, the Survey of India (SoI) will plant permanent pillars and wooden pegs at intervals all along the coast, clearly demarcating the hazard line to residents, visitors and prospective developers for the next century. For the first time, the hazard line will not just …
In a unique initia tive, the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) and the Survey of India (SoI) will map the entire 1500 km coastline to draw up a hazard based mapping process in order to help protect the coastal population from cyclones, tides and tsunami.
Cyclones can be more devastating and frequent with change of climate.Tawhidul Islam CLIMATE change issues in Bangladesh are generally viewed as the way issues are perceived at global scales. The activities and action plans those are currently in progress in Bangladesh are deeply influenced by the estimates and model predictions …
The Myanmar government has done little to put villagers battered by Cyclone Nargis back on their feet Barun Roy / New Delhi May 06, 2010, 0:01 IST Two years after a devastating cyclone battered Myanmar
