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 …
Ilorin — Valuable public and private facilities were yesterday destroyed by a stormy rainfall in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Major installations at the Kwara State Stadium Complex were damaged as a result of the downpour that occurred Tuesday evening. Our correspondent who visited the stadium complex yesterday reports that …
Over 1,000 passengers were stranded in Tanzania's northern region on Wednesday for about five hours after rain water flooded a key bridge, authorities have said. Onesmo Buswelu, Siha District Commissioner, said heavy downpour that hit the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro made the flooded water to overflow the Wasomali Bridge, located …
Affirming that the impact of global warming is evident over north-western Himalayas in the form of rising maximum and mean temperature across all zones, a study by the Snow and Avalanche Studies Establishment (SASE) has revealed that snowfall in the mountain ranges has decreased while rainfall has increased of the …
Poor rainfall and high food prices will lead to food insecurity through September, says the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET). According to the latest FEWS NET Food Security Outlook report, food security levels are expected to reach emergency levels among displaced people living in areas controlled by the …
For every 100 mm drop in average rainfall, farmer incomes fall 15% during the kharif season and 7% during rabi, the survey said In 2030, India’s agriculture output might be 7 points lower at 1.56 times the 2010 level against a potential 1.63 times without climate change, and the number …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Agricultural Output Affected by Deficit Rainfall, 20/03/2018. As per the Second Advance Estimates for 2017-18, the production of foodgrains for Rabi season is estimated at 139.02 million tonnes which is higher by 2.24 million tonnes than the previous record production of 136.78 million tonnes …
Rains continued to leave a trail of death and destruction across the country Monday. In Kilifi and Tana River counties, some 800 families displaced by floods are in dire need of food, shelter and clothing. Kenya Red Cross Society Tana River County Director Jerald Bombey said the families are currently …
845 cases of forest fires already reported this year, reveal forest officials Prolonged dry spell and rising temperature has set off alarm bells for the forest department over forest fires, which cause losses to the tune of crores every year in summer months in the state. Forest officials revealed that …
CHANDIGARH: Hydro power generation in India is all set to increase by 3.5 per cent in the current financial year even as dry winter (63 per cent below normal rainfall in January and February) has impacted generation in the last quarter. Scanty rains has decreased the overall hydro power generation …
Western Japan has just struggled through its coldest winter in 32 years. The average temperature was more than 2C below usual and the conditions at times were extreme. On February 6, more than 1,000 vehicles were stranded by heavy snow in the Fukui Prefecture in western Honshu. Those stuck had …
The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, present this Two Hundred Eighth Report on Action Taken by Government on the Recommendations/Observations Contained in the One Hundred Ninety Eighth Report on Disaster in Chennai Caused by Torrential Rainfall and Consequent Flooding.
The rain-bearing intertropical belt of cloud passes quickly through the country, usually in April and again in October. These rains are known as the North and South monsoons respectively. Because these rain bands pass over large tracts of land before reaching the country, rainfall is generally lower than one might …
CHENNAI: Rapid industrialisation during the last few centuries have increased greenhouse gas emissions, leading to global warming. Added to this, there are other climate-related issues due to urbanisation and pollution. While high economic growth rates in China and India have increased the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, simultaneous increases …
Ado-Ekiti — Rainstorm has destroyed over 200 houses within the first two months in Ekiti State this year. The General Manager of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Jide Borode in a statement in Ado Ekiti on Monday lamented that about four local government areas were seriously affected by the …
MAPUTO (Reuters) - The southern hemisphere summer rainy season has killed 50 people in Mozambique since October, the country’s National Institute for Disaster Management (INGC) said in its latest update on Thursday. This figure includes 17 people killed in the capital Maputo on Monday when a 15-metre pile of garbage …
Luanda — The heavy rains battering across the country have caused huge damages and inundated many houses due to the poor drainage systems of the cities, said on Wednesday, in Luanda, the commander of the National Civil Protection and Fire Service, Bênção Abílio. The commissioner - who was speaking to …
Authorities in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA), including Tanzania, have been advised to take precaution against predicted floods in some countries in the region, due to normal and above normal rainfall expected during the March-April-May (MAM) season. According to a statement issued at the end of the Forty Eighth …
The United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization says prolonged dry spells, erratic rainfall, high temperatures and the presence of the voracious fall armyworm have significantly dampened Southern Africa's 2018 agricultural season's cereal production prospects. In an interview, Chimimba David Phiri, the Food and Agriculture Organization coordinator in southern Africa said …
Waiting for the rain: Scientific scenarios predict that as a rule of thumb, dry regions will become drier and wet regions become wetter when climate change goes into higher gear Before man-made climate change kicked in—and well before "Day Zero" in Cape Town, where taps may run dry in early …
Johannesburg — The twin scourges of another prolonged dry spell and an invasive crop-eating worm are set to sharply curtail harvests across southern Africa, driving millions of people – most of them children – into severe hunger, warns the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). The warning follows an alert …
