Cold Waves

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding sinking of Liberian ship off the Kochi coast, Kerala, 27/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Containers from sunken ship likely to drift towards Alappuzha, Kollam Coasts in 48 hours: INCOIS" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.05.2025 dated 27/05/2025. The original application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled …

Sub -12°C continues in longest cool spell in 14 years

KOLKATA: The city is experiencing its longest cold spell since 2004. With the minimum temperature remaining 10.9°C on Wednesday, it turned out to be the sixth consecutive day of sub-12°C in Kolkata. The last time the city had seen a longer chilly spell was 14 years ago, when the mercury …

Delhi shivers at 4.2 degree Celsius, very poor air adds to its woes

NEW DELHI: The mercury again fell to 4.2 degrees Celsius on Tuesday — three notches below normal. This was the capital's joint coldest day of the season. Experts said the mercury is likely to continue to stay low in the next few days with the minimum hovering around 4-6 degrees …

Climate change causing health vulnerabilities

Govt yet to conduct regular audits in state After ignoring the issue for years, the state government has woken up to the fact that climate change is adversely affecting the health of people and creating “serious health vulnerabilities” in Jammu and Kashmir. However, despite threat, the state is yet to …

Cold wave continues in national capital, flights and trains hit

NEW DELHI: Cold conditions prevailed in the national capital with the city recording a maximum temperature of 21 degrees & minimum temperature of 7 degrees, while dense fog led to disruption of flight and train schedule. Eight flights and 45 trains were delayed, while over 22 trains were cancelled and …

Cold wave revives; Churu coldest at 1.0 degrees Celsius

Jaipur: Cold wave conditions revived in the state on Sunday when majority of the places witnessed a dip in the mercury. Churu remained coldest in the state where a minimum temperature of 1.0 degrees Celsius was recorded, the met reports said. Attributing the dip in the mercury to the active …

13.8 degrees: Mercury dips to season’s coldest in Mumbai

According to the IMD’s forecast for the coming week, the temperatures are expected to rise one degree every day, touching 20 degrees by Friday. With the minimum temperature dipping to 13.8 degrees Celsius, the city experienced the coldest day of the season Sunday. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), …

Cold wave continues in Allahabad

ALLAHABAD: On the second day in continuation, Allahabad received ample sunshine all day through but the bright sunshine was ineffective against the prevailing 'galan' (cold breeze). With sunshine being of no use to the denizens, the weather remained same as was on Wednesday. Despite the fact that the city received …

Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh shivers at 3.4 degrees Celsius

LUCKNOW: Cold wave conditions continue unabated in Uttar Pradesh with several parts of the state recording a fall in day temperatures on Thursday. Muzaffarnagar recorded the lowest temperature at 3.4 degrees Celsius, a MeT official said. Dense to very dense fog occurred at isolated places in the northern state, he …

Severe cold wave warning for Adilabad, temperature at 6 degree Celsius

HYDERABAD: Mercury levels in Adilabad and Khammam are expected to plummet significantly as the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a severe cold wave warning for the next three days in the region. Authorities issue a severe cold wave warning when the mercury goes down by five to seven degree Celsius …

Kargil shivers at -20C; flight, train services hit in north India

Kargil, in the cold desert of the Ladakh region, shivered at -20 degrees Celsius, making it one of the coldest places in northern India, as dense fog in Delhi delayed nearly 200 flights and forced cancellation of another 11. Elsewhere in the Kashmir Valley, the minimum temperature remained several degrees …

The role of Rossby-wave propagation in a North American extreme cold event

The Eliassen–Palm flux and Plumb wave activity flux are calculated using the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts interim reanalysis daily dataset to determine the propagation of Rossby waves before a North American cold wave in January 2014. The results show that the upward wave activity fluxes mainly come from …

Heavy snowfall disrupts life in Himachal

Heavy snowfall received in several parts of Himachal Pradesh threw normal life out of gear as roads were blocked and transmission lines were snapped forcing people to live without power and daily supply of milk, bread and newspapers. Mercury dropped sharply with Shimla and Bhuntar recording a low of 0.2 …

Cold wave continues in Jammu & Kashmir

Cold wave continued throughout Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday as night temperatures remained below freezing point in the valley and Ladakh region. An official of the MET department told IANS: "Cold wave is likely to continue during the next 24 hours as weather is expected to remain dry during this …

Mongolia's nomad herders facing winter disaster as temperatures plunge

Mongolia's traditional nomads are facing a natural disaster known as "dzud", where frigid temperatures and heavy snow cause widespread livestock deaths, threatening herders' livelihoods. Mongolians are already struggling with an economic crisis which has seen the currency, the tugrik, depreciate rapidly, making household goods more expensive. Weather forecasts for next …

Cold wave to continue: Meteorological

BHUBANESWAR: According to the weatherman, cold wave condition would prevail at some pockets in the state for next four days from Friday. The IMD said wind condition is favourable for further fall in minimum temperature. Temperature was below normal in interior and coastal parts of the state on Thursday. Phulbani …

The Circumglobal North American wave pattern and its relation to cold events in eastern North America

Extreme large-scale North American cold events are associated with strong undulations in the tropospheric jet stream which bring cold polar air southward over the continent. Here we propose that these jet undulations are associated with the North American part of the Circumglobal Teleconnection Pattern—a pair of zonally oriented waves of …

Estimating and projecting the effect of cold waves on mortality in 209 US cities

The frequency, duration, and intensity of cold waves are expected to decrease in the near future under the changing climate. However, there is a lack of understanding on future mortality related to cold waves. The present study conducted a large-scale national projection to estimate future mortality attributable to cold waves …

Sydney weather: Coldest day in two decades puts city in a chilly funk

Sydney has just shivered through its coolest June day in 21 years although the worst of the cold spell is probably over for now. Sydney's maximum temperature for Monday reached just 11.7 degrees making it the coolest day for any month in 20 years, said Brett Dutschke, senior meteorologist with …

National Disaster Management Plan, 2016

The purpose of this document is to formulate guidelines for the preparation of plans to make India disaster resilient and reduce loss of lives. The plan is based on the four priority themes of the "Sendai Framework," namely: understanding disaster risk, improving disaster risk governance, investing in disaster risk reduction …

Europe faces increasing floods, droughts and storms due to climate change

Europe faces multiple climate hazards in the coming decades. Changes in climatic conditions across the continent could lead to increased events of heat and cold waves, river and coastal floods, droughts, wildfires and windstorms, especially in the south-western regions, according to a recent study. The study, published in the journal …

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