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 Department continuously monitors weather and climate over Indian region. The annual mean land surface air temperature averaged over India during 2023 was …
Emergency services were on standby as an intense cold front‚ accompanied by heavy rain and gale force winds‚ made landfall in Cape Town early on Thursday. Lightening flickered above the city as the rain poured down before sunrise‚ bringing with it potential flash floods in the city‚ Cape Winelands‚ Overberg …
The commencement of rainy season every year in the life of any community is always heralded with joy, hopes and aspirations that the year would be of a tremendous benefit to the socio well-being of that community. This belief however at times make many communities to mark the beginning of …
Steady winter rains over the last week have substantially eased Cape Town’s worst drought in a century, replenishing reservoirs for the western Cape region of South Africa to levels well above last year’s, officials said on Monday. Dam levels have risen to 31.5 percent as of this week compared with …
The aim of this study is to investigate the differences in the mappable characteristics of earthquake-triggered and rainfall triggered landslides in terms of their frequency-area relationships, spatial distributions and relation with causal factors, and to evaluate whether separate susceptibility maps generated for specific landslide size and triggering mechanism are better …
Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s green power generation has increased with a high contribution of hydro power in the last two days. Heavy rain in the Nilgiris district helped contribute to the high hydro power generation. Along with wind and solar, the total green power generation crossed 38%. Tamil Nadu’s hydro power …
KOCHI: Heavy rains continue to wreak havoc causing damage to 28 houses in the district on Monday. Officialswiththedisaster managementsaid47houseshadbeen partially damaged over the past two days. According to control room officials, 11 houses have been partially damaged due to tree falls in Kanayannur taluk alone. In Thrikkakkara North village, two …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The rain havoc during this South West Monsoon in Kerala with incessant heavy rains, flash floods and debris flows, has claimed 21 lives and left 591 houses fully damaged. Now, the next spell of heavy rains gear up in parts of Kerala and Lakshadweep till June 15, State Emergency …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The monsoon brought winds gusting up to a maximum speed of 81kmph on Saturday triggering widespread tree fall and power failure in various parts of the state. As many as 13 people, including an eight-year-old girl, lost their lives on Saturday and Sunday, according to the state disaster management …
IMD indicates that 'heavy to very heavy rainfall' is likely at a few places and at isolated places over Konkan, Goa from June 7-12 New Delhi: The Union government on Thursday warned Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa and Gujarat on India's western coast that heavy rainfall this week may lead to …
Nyeri — Four hundred and fifty pupils from Nyeri Good Shepherd Academy were forced to stay away from their classrooms after the school was flooded due to heavy rains Tuesday evening. The sections that were affected included the nursery, part of the administration block and two blocks in the primary …
Heavy rain killed at least two people in Nyal, a county in Southern Unity state, while hundreds have also been left homeless. Koang Riek, an eyewitness, said rain started on Sunday till Monday morning. “The whole town is occupied by the water and many people have now decided to go …
Hurricanes and typhoons are slowing down due to rising global temperatures, meaning storms have more time to wreak havoc in the areas they strike. Over the past 70 years – a period in which the planet warmed by 0.5C – the speed at which these enormous weather systems moved across …
Residents of the township have already set up 168 tanks. Hyderabad: Residents of Alkapoor Township, Manikonda will be setting up 85 rainwater harvesting pits to save all the water they can this monsoon. They already have 168 rainwater harvesting pits dug earlier over 358 acres. Prior to 2013, when the …
Southwest monsoon of 2017 was marked by two extended break spells during its second half. This study investigates the meteorological factors that contributed to the occurrence/sustenance of these breaks. It is found that the first break spell, that happened during 31 July-17 August 2017, was characterized by increased convection over …
MUMBAI: The monsoon cannot come a moment too soon for Maharashtra. A whopping 71% of the state's 353 talukas reported a drop of more than a metre in the ground water level by March this year compared to a 5-year average. By now, two months later, the water level is …
Landslides caused by heavy rain killed at least 32 people in southern Ethiopia over the weekend, the government said on Monday. The Government Communication Affairs Office (GCAO) said nine people died in the Gamo Gofa zone, with 17 injured. The state-affiliated Fana Broadcast Corporate on Sunday reported that 23 people …
Captonians’ afternoon commute home will be a wet one as a cold front brings heavy rain and possible flooding to parts of the city on Monday. The rains are good news for the Western Cape‚ which still has strict water restrictions in force. On Friday, dam levels for Cape Town …
NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Kenyan crop and livestock farmers are grappling with a myriad of diseases resulting from adverse weather conditions brought about by the rains. It has been raining in the East African nation since March and Kenya’s Meteorological Department has said the heavy rains would go on until next …
The Adamawa Ministry of Health has confirmed that the cases of cholera outbreak in Mubi have risen to 434 with 13 deaths. The Information Officer of the Ministry, Abubakar Muhammed, confirmed the number, via a statement he issued on Sunday in Yola. The statement reads: “Total number of cases reported …
MUSCAT, Oman - The powerful Cyclone Mekunu hit the southern region of the Gulf Arab country of Oman and the neighboring Yemen on Saturday, leaving at least five people dead and dozens missing. According to local officials, the cyclone lashed southern Oman on Saturday and was more powerful than any …
