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
Rainfall
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Chinese farms threatened by melting glaciers
The Chinese gateway to the ancient Silk Road is being flooded
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A diagnosis of rainfall over South America during 1997/98 El Nio and 1998/99 La Nia events: Comparison between TRMM PR and GPC
A comparison between TRMM PR rainfall estimates and rain gauge data from ANEEL and combined gauge/satellite data from GPCP over South America (SA) is made. In general, the annual and seasonal regional characteristics of rainfall over SA are qualitatively well reproduced by TRMM PR and GPCP. It is found that over most of SA GPCP exceeds TRMM PR rainfall.
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Whats fanning heat waves
Archita Bhatta Scientists pore over data to explain the unusual weather They can
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Mercury rises early
<i>Heat waves follow a dry spell in Orissa and West Bengal, killing 80 people in April. Dust storms take Assam by surprise and Malwa scrambles for water. What
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Monsoon earlyburly
Central, northern India have a new date with the rains april, May and early June may be the future monsoon months of north and central India. As of now, the official date for the beginning of monsoons is June 29. But there has been a clear increase in rainfall in the months preceding June. This is because the atmosphere in north India is warming at a rate much faster than the rest of
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Mainland weather lapses into pre-monsoon times
Thiruvananthapuram, May 28 Weather conditions seem to have reverted to pre-monsoon coordinates with a signature north-south trough (or wind discontinuity) reappearing along
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200 tourists stuck in Arunachal landslide
ITANAGAR, May 27
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Monsoon is here, powered by Aila
Monsoon 2009 has done a Jenson Button, racing into Bengal late on Monday, a fortnight ahead of schedule, powered by the turbo drive of Aila.
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City waterlogging: Permanent solution still a far cry
The Assam Government has almost resigned to the fate that waterlogging in Guwahati city cannot be totally prevented and now the focus is on ensuring quick discharge of water to reduce the miseries of the citizens.
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Afghan Floods Kill 94, Make Thousands Homeless
Heavy flooding and landslides have killed 94 people and left thousands of families homeless in northern Afghanistan since May 20, the United Nations said on Monday. Some 8,000 houses in 207 villages have been totally or partially destroyed after heavy rain across five provinces, affecting 13,689 families, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement.