<p>India grappled with extreme weather events for 235 days out of the first nine months of 2023, a slight decrease from the 241 days recorded in the same period last year, as per India 2023: An assessment of extreme weather events brought out by Down To Earth (DTE) magazine and the Centre for Science and Environment.</p>
Cold wave continued across Jammu and Kashmir today as Jammu today recorded season's lowest temperature with the mercury dipping to 2.4 degrees Celsius, even as early morning dense fog affected air and
Intense cold wave swept across north India on Thursday and, coupled with dense fog, affected normal life across the region and led to the death of 12 persons — nine in Uttar Pradesh and three in Punjab.
Hospitals in the city are reporting a rise in the number of patients coming in with complaints related to heart ailments even as the mercury dips. Doctors have issued a general warning to people with heart
One of the heaviest spells of snowfall has left 30 people dead in Uttarakhand in the last two days. According to the State Disaster Mitigation and Management Centre, 13 have died in Kumaon alone. Administration
Cold wave conditions persisting in high-altitude tribal areas and other higher hills intensified today as the mercury dropped by two to three degrees. The mercury stayed two to five degrees below freezing
Hyderabad, Mumbai and Shimla spanning 2005 - 2012. We developed Poisson regression models to study ‘the main temperature effect’ as well as ‘additional impacts’ of sustained high and low temperatures (i.e.
Cold wave today tightened its grip over Kashmir valley and Ladakh region where the minimum temperatures dipped several degrees below the freezing point. Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded a drop of over three degrees in the minimum temperature as the mercury settled at a low of minus 3.3 degrees Celsius last night, compared to 0.3 degrees Celsius the previous night.
Cold conditions continued in Kashmir valley and Ladakh region as the minimum temperature in most parts dropped by several degrees with the mercury in Kargil town settling 23 degrees below the freezing
The piercing cold wave tightened its grip in the state as the minimum temperature dropped by a few notches following another spell of moderate snowfall in high-altitude tribal areas and scattered rains
Biting cold wave conditions abated in the state as the minimum temperature increased by a few notches and the weather remained dry due to overcast skies. Higher reaches in tribal areas of Keylong, Udaipur and Kalpa had recorded 2 cm of fresh snow.
