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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Two years on, no progress on promised anti-cyclone embankments
KOLKATA, 1 JAN: The inefficiency of the state government to implement a land policy in the past seven months has meant it has failed to construct an inch of a planned embankment in South and North 24-Parganas,
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India repairs damage after cyclone kills 42
Relief operations were under way in south India on Sunday as residents struggled to repair damaged homes and property after a cyclone that claimed 42 lives. Cyclone Thane, packing winds of up to 140
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Cyclone Thane leaves six dead in TN and Puducherry
CHENNAI: The very severe cyclonic storm, 'Thane', today crossed the Tamil Nadu coast, leaving six persons dead and causing extensive damage to Cuddalore and the neighbouring Union Territory of Puduchery
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Cyclone ‘Thane’ hits Tamil Nadu coast
Cyclone Thane, packing wind speed of 140 kmph, made landfall on the coast between Cuddalore in Tamil and Puducherry Friday morning, officials of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) here said. “The cyclone is in the process of crossing between Cuddalore and Puducherry coast. The wind speed is around 140 kmph at Puducherry and Cuddalore. Waves measuring 1.5 metres height are hitting the shoreline,” an IMD official told IANS.
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Jaya allots Rs 150 crore for cyclone relief
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today alloted Rs 150 crore for immediate relief measures and directed four Ministers to visit the districts which bore the brunt of cyclonic storm 'Thane'.
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Severe cyclone looms, fishermen asked to stay away from sea
A "very severe" cyclonic storm lay centered about 250 km off Chennai, with the weather office forecasting winds touching up to 135 kph and advising fishermen against venturing into sea for the next two
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Phillippines collaboration to upscale rice farming in State’
NEW DELHI: Meghalaya will quadruple its rice production with a mission mode approach that too in a organic way in collaboration with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Chief Minister
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Climate impacts in Indian Sundarbans more severe because of the region’s development deficit, says new study by Indian NGO
<p><span id="itro1">Climate impacts in Indian Sundarbans are severe and have all the more worsened because of official apathy and complete lack of development planning in this region says this new study
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Mercury rises, so does fear of cyclonic storm
KOLKATA, 26 DEC: After a spell of chill in the state, days would become cloudier and there may even be light rain over the coastal districts but the season's nip would be missing for the next 24 hours.
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Random tree felling goes on in Sundarbans
Random extraction of trees and other forest resources from the Sundarbans is causing depletion to the world's largest mangrove forest. The unscrupulous act threatens human habitations in the nearby