Intense dust storm catches Rajasthan, UP unawares

Local authorities say that the death toll due to the dust storm is expected to rise

Hospitals feel the heat too from extreme weather and its health impacts

Hospital infrastructure has not been adapted to secure health care during such events.

We have never seen anything like this before: dust storm victims in Rajasthan, UP

Although the local administration had generated alerts about the dust storm, the intensity and scale was unexpected and unprecedented

New normal: series of intense, widespread storms in less than a week; 19 states brace for more

Unusually high temperature has aided such intense storms across the country, indicating more turbulent days ahead

$306 billion—total cost of climate disasters in US in 2017

A hyperactive hurricane season and deadly wildfire events are responsible for this record-breaking economic loss

UN plans to double farmers’ income in Africa in three years

Combating climate shocks and food insecurity with the help of climate-smart agriculture has been identified as a priority

Subsidies not enough: Heavy rains destroy pearl onion crop in Tamil Nadu, prices reach Rs 100/kg

Heavy rains since November; farmers ask for MSP, production-based benefits

Did Death Valley just hit the highest temperature recorded ever

The all-time highest temeparature ever was recorded more than a century ago, but that reading has been challenged 

India is under the weather: extreme events expand footprints

From cloudburst in Himachal, dust storms in Rajasthan and UP to lightning in Andhra Pradesh and devastating rainfall in Haryana and Punjab, freak …

Some extreme weather events in 2016 would never have happened without human-caused warming: studies

Extreme heat across Asia in 2016 and unusually warm waters in the Bering Sea would not have been possible without human-induced climate change

Warming Arctic is making winter worse for eastern US; ‘bomb cyclone’ on cards

The US is bracing for an intense storm, which is expected to blast the entire east coast with frigid winds, ice and snow on Thursday

Natural, man-made disasters in 2017 led to economic losses worth $337 billion: study

The global loss due to natural and man-made disasters was double the 2016 mark, according to Swiss Re, a reinsurance firm

‘Statistically impossible’ heat extremes are here — we identified the regions most at risk

At-risk regions include Afghanistan, several countries in Central America and far-eastern Russia

Expect more extreme climate events in India

IPCC report says Bangladesh and India account for 86 per cent mortality from tropical cyclones across the world

Climate-induced loss and damage continues to be neglected globally

Ever since inception, the executive committee of WIM has not been able to mobilise fund for addressing loss and damage in developing countries

Climate-related weather events to break records in US this year, data shows

The country is on its way to record 17 billion-dollar extreme weather events in 2020, having lost $46.6 billion till September

WMO report shows 2015 Paris Agreement failed to deliver, fossil fuel treaty needed to complement it

State of the Global Climate report proves there have not been many climate actions post the 2015 agreement

When shall we heed 'heaven speak'?

Extreme rains followed by floods and landslides in Uttarakhand should act as a wake up call for planners and decision makers all over the country

Heatwaves, droughts, extreme rain may be near permanent in 20 countries at 1.5°C warming

Study warns climate impact may increase multiple extreme events that occur simultaneously or consecutively

Climate change worsened extreme weather events in 2022: State of the Global Climate report

More such events likely with rising greenhouse gas emissions and approaching El Niño

We need to treat extreme events as connected, not as anomalies

Clear trends of interconnected extreme weather events intensifying and becoming more frequent can be seen across the world as the climate crisis …