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
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Warm winter may affect crops
Not a freak weather condition: met department The winter this year has been warm. Unusual weather
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Rains, snowfall in Arunachal
ITANAGAR, Feb 26
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A high resolution daily gridded rainfall dataset (19712005) for mesoscale meteorological studies
In this communication, we discuss the development of a very high resolution (0.5
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Flush delay in rainless Dooars
Alipurduar, Feb. 20: The absence of rain during this winter has posed a threat to the tea industry in the Dooars. Tea bushes have dried up because of scanty rainfall and insects have damaged the bushes. Experts apprehend that the first flush will not be available and second may be delayed for the dry weather.
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More rains required to meet crop production target
LUCKNOW: Thunderstorms followed by light rains in some parts of the state on Tuesday night and on Wednesday, though came as a relief but the amount of rains was very low. Weatherman said that the circulations which caused thunderstorms have passed but newer ones are on their way, hence the state should expect some more action in the coming days.
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Amazon Forest May Get Drier, But Survive Warming
OSLO - Amazonian forests may be less vulnerable to dying off from global warming than feared because many projections underestimate rainfall, a study showed. The report, by scientists in Britain, said Brazil and other nations in the region would also have to act to help avert any irreversible drying of the eastern Amazon, the region most at risk from climate change, deforestation and fires.
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Record plantation drive wasted as flood ruins saplings
LUCKNOW: They were standing tall as the proud holders of a world record till last year. But now, most of them are shrivelled or dead. The monsoon rains spelt doom for the saplings of Pipraghat. The site has reverted to its old look before the massive plantation took place here.
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Kosi embankment breach in Nepal: Need for a paradigm shift in responding to floods
The breach of the Kosi embankment in Nepal in August 2008 marked the failure of conventional ways of controlling floods. After discussing the physical characteristics of the Kosi River and the Kosi barrage project, this paper suggests that the high sediment content of the Kosi River implies a major risk to the proposed Kosi high dam and its ability to control floods in Bihar.
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Dry spell continues, farmers in Ukhand, Himachal stare at losses
Rajeev Khanna & Arvind Kashyap Dehradun | Solan: Even as they look expectantly at skies to open up, farmers in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have begun counting their losses. Scanty rainfall across both the states, they realise, is set to deal them a blow of several crores of rupees. They have already lost 30 to 40 per cent of their crops so far.
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Rain, hail damage fruit, vegetable crops
Even as heavy rain and hailstorm in Jammu and its adjoining areas during wee hours today brightened the prospects of rabi crops, in the low lying areas of Khour and plains of Akhnoor, Bishnah, Marh and RS Pura fruit and vegetable crops have taken a beating due to the unprecedented climatic change.