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
Cyclones
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20 killed, more than two lakh homeless
May 25: At least 20 people were killed and nearly two lakh left homeless in the south Bengal districts as winds flattened houses and rivers burst their banks. South 24-Parganas was the worst hit, recording 13 deaths. Army and BSF personnel have managed to shift some 80,000 people to safer places there but many are still trapped.
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300 deer washed away
Calcutta, May 25: At least 300 captive deer were swept away as the cyclone battered the fragile Sunderban mangroves and foresters were worried that there might have been heavy losses to wildlife.
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Cyclone Slams Bangladesh And India, 33 Dead
A cyclone slammed into parts of Bangladesh and eastern India on Monday, triggering tidal surges and flooding that forced some half a million people from their homes and killed almost three dozen people. Storm officials in coastal Bangladesh moved about 500,000 people to temporary shelters after they left their homes to escape huge tidal waves churned by winds up to 100 kph (60 mph).
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1200 evacuated in Kendrapara district
KENDRAPARA: Life was thrown out of gear in several parts of coastal Orissa due to heavy rains accompanied by gales today under the impact of a cyclonic storm, even as tidal waves lashed some areas. Incessant rain triggered by the depression submerged low-lying areas in the coastal districts of Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapara.
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Heavy rains batter coastal Orissa
Cyclone effect: A car trapped in a Kolkata street on Monday. BHUBANESWAR: Cyclone
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Cyclone pounds West Bengal
Ananya Dutta KOLKATA: Twenty-three persons were killed when a severe cyclonic storm accompanied by heavy rain brought by Cyclone Aila lashed the city and some districts of West Bengal on Monday. The death toll could be higher: reports from the districts were only coming in. Many people were injured.
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Worst storm in 20 years hits Kolkata
Kolkata: A deep depression on the Bay of Bengal intensified into a severe cyclonic storm and slammed into the coastal belt of West Bengal on Monday, killing at least 23 people and rendering over 150,000 homeless. Cyclone Alia, with wind speed of about 100 km per hour, uprooted trees, disrupted power supply and brought the city of Kolkata to a grinding halt.
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Early monsoon hope swept away by cyclone Aila, fear IMD officials
Mumbai The south-west monsoon has advanced to South Karnataka touching Mangalore on Monday, the India Meteorological Department announced.
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Second cyclone warning issued at Pamban
RAMANATHAPURAM: The Pamban port authorities on Monday raised second stage cyclone warning doom at Pamban. This was based on information from the Indian Meteorological department about the cyclonic storm movement along the coast off Orrisa. The first stage warning signal was raised on Saturday.
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Cyclone Aila to bring heavy rain
The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal developed into a cyclone on Sunday but the weatherman said the storm, which was advancing towards the coast at 70-80km per hour, might miss Calcutta. At 5.30pm, cyclone Aila (name chosen from a list following a convention) was 500km south of Calcutta.