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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CRZ violations: HC orders notice to environnment, forest secys
The Madras High Court has ordered notice to Environment and Forest secretaries of the Union and Tamil Nadu governments based on the Advocate Commissioner's report which said more than 60 buildings in Kanyakumari
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Save Mundra dunes, HC tells forest dept
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat high court on Monday asked the forest department not to allow the removal of sand dunes from the seashore in southern Kutch after a PIL alleged that the Adani Port and Special Economic
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Rare tornado touches down outside Boston, no deaths reported
Police and emergency crews in the city of Revere, Massachusetts, outside Boston scrambled to clean up after a rare tornado touched down on Monday, downing power lines, damaging homes and overturning at
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Medium chance of cyclone off the west coast of Africa: NHC
A tropical wave located about 550 miles (885 km) southwest of the Cape Verde Islands, off the west coast of Africa, has a medium, or 30 percent chance, of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48
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100 cyclone centres built in coastal dists in FY 2013-14
The government has constructed a total of 100 cyclone centres in the country’s coastal districts in fiscal 2013-14, aiming to save the lives and property of coastal people from the extreme climate events
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Weather And Climate-Related Disasters Have Cost The Planet $2.4 Trillion, WMO Report Finds
Weather- and climate-related disasters have caused $2.4 trillion in economic losses and nearly 2 million deaths globally since 1971 according to a new report. While the losses are staggering, the report
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Typhoon kills 10 in Philippines, shuts Manila, prompts mass evacuations
A typhoon killed at least 10 people as it churned across the Philippines and hit the capital, prompting the evacuation of almost more than 370,000 people and shutting financial markets, offices and schools,
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At least one tornado confirmed in East Coast storm that killed 5
At least one tornado touched down in an upstate New York town during a violent spate of weather that killed five people on the East Coast, officials said on Wednesday. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo
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Huge number of people vulnerable to cyclones, tidal surges in Khulna
A large number of people in the coastal district remain highly vulnerable to natural disasters like cyclones and tidal surges as 157 cyclone shelters here can accommodate only three lakh people among the
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Sea erosion poses threat to villages
They are sandwiched between the Uppanar and Bay of Bengal The coastal villages of Akkaraigori, Singarathope and Sonankuppam in Old Town here are facing a grave threat from the advancing seawaters.