Annual climate summary 2023
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
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
Hill region reels under impact of north-east monsoon; 44 dead in two days; toll across Tamil Nadu reaches 75 7 OF FAMILY DIE Landslide kills a TNSTC driver and six members of his family.
Landslides caused by heavy rainfall over the past few days in the Ooty mountain ranges have flattened several hamlets near Coonoor, said officials on Tuesday. They added that 28 deaths were reported on Tuesday, including seven of a family, taking the death toll due to monsoon-related incidents in the Nilgiris district to 42.
After an early onset over Kerala on 23 May 2009, further advance of the monsoon over the Indian region was delayed by about two weeks with the monsoon restricted to the west coast and southern peninsula until 24 June. This resulted in a massive deficit in the all-India rainfall of 54% of the long term average for this period.
The root cause for the floods is choking and blocking of natural drains and `infrastructure development'. A typical example is the monstrosity called MRTS that has killed Buckingham canal as a flood carrier, says M G Devasahayam
N. Gopal Raj THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A study says the exceptionally poor rainfall this June was the result of a
Vladimir Radyuhin MOSCOW: As weather modifying becomes increasingly fashionable, Moscow is joining Beijing in trying to tamper with snowfalls.
Thunder, lightning and intermittent showers early this morning followed by the varying spells of sunshine throughout the day were perhaps not enough to provide respite from a thick veil of polluted smog that has been enveloping parts of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh for the past more than a week.
G. Prabhakaran PALAKKAD: The Silent Valley National Park, one of the few remaining rainforests in the country, gets one of the highest
PALAKKAD: The right bank protection structures of the Moolathara dam, a weir and regulator-cum-bridge in Chittur taluk, breached on Sunday morning in the heavy inflow of water released from the Aliyar dam in Tamil Nadu, flooding the Chitturpuzha and the Bharathapuzha.
Yavatmal: The Irrigation Department in the district has reserved over 43 million cubic metres (mcm) of water from its nine water resources to tackle the impending water scarcity here.