What monsoon holds for India in 2015
From forecasts over El Niño to fears of economic loss, many predictions in the last week have raised eyebrows
Fresh tremors shake Nepal, India
Tremor of magnitude 6.7 experienced in northern and eastern India; Met department asks people to act with extreme caution
Above-normal rainfall, cyclones: Why September 2021 was a unique month for India
September of 2021 the second-wettest September in 27 years; Several states that experienced enhanced rainfall were staring at drought in the …
IMD flood alert for North East
States in the region, that received heavy rains due to Cyclone Amphan, are to get more rainfall in next 2 days
Cyclone Amphan may batter Sundarbans. How ready is Bengal
State govt plans to evacuate at least 0.2 mln people from three districts in the region
India witnessing second-lowest pre-monsoon rainfall since 1954
According IMD, India received 99 mm rainfall between March and May — with a deficit of 23 per cent
World breached safe atmospheric CO2 levels 33 years ago
Global consumption of fossil fuels, the primary source of CO2 emissions, has gone up by 78 per cent in last three decades
Nepal earthquake: Kathmandu and Pokhara worst hit
Death toll in Himalayan nation crosses 1,000; at least 36 casualties reported in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in India
Time to get out of denial mode
Government will have to internalise the fact that climate change is going to affect us more and more in the future
Monsoon may be less than normal, 60 per cent chance of El Nino, says IMD
Official forecast suggests average rainfall from June to September for country as a whole is likely to be 95 per cent of long period average …
Heat waves strike Gujarat, Rajasthan
Met department cautions that the temperature would continue to rise in the months to follow
From sea to shining sea: Cyclone Gulab, born in Bay of Bengal, to re-emerge in Arabian Sea
Cyclone Gulab, which made landfall on India’s east coast, will now cross into the Arabian Sea near Surat and then skirt Saurashtra before …
North India Deluge 2023: Yamuna breaches evacuation mark in Delhi; expert calls flood policy ‘absolute failure’
The Yamuna inundates parts of Delhi even with very little rain as it is silted and is not dredged, according to Gourishankar Ghosh
This time, it’s Andhra Pradesh
State braces for severe cyclonic storm as Hudhud is expected to hit between Visakhapatnam and Srikakulam
Did climate change trigger heat wave in India and other nations in 2014?
Britain's weather department has issued a heat wave warning and the US is presently basking in a summer with temperatures higher than normal
Rains fall short: Major losses ahead, fear Bengal paddy farmers
Heavy rain for rest of monsoon might complete the deficit, says IMD, but will that be enough?
Cyclone Nivar storm, rain may hit agriculture across south India
The cyclone’s approach has slowed, meaning it might travel much further inland causing destruction with winds and rain
South India records its lowest June rainfall in 122 years
Interactions between Cyclone Biparjoy, Typhoon Mawar, Bay of Bengal winds and the blocking of the monsoon trough for a couple of weeks likely to …
Drought, but why: Normal monsoon doesn’t mean no drought
One-third of India’s districts are chronically drought-hit despite receiving above normal rainfall
Tropical storm Hudhud set to intensify further today
Intensification expected to surpass forecasts given by different agencies and weather models
How the 2015-16 El Nino affected disease outbreaks
Major diseases like chikungunya, dengue, malaria, hantavirus, rift valley fever, cholera, plague and zika are affected by the weather events …
Potential help
Agromet advisory still in its infancy in India but set to be implemented on a larger scale
'Village level forecast will take time'
What prevents Indian scientists from making weather forecasts for farmers? Sailesh Naik, secretary to the Ministry of Earth Sciences, tells …
How global climatic phenomena affect India’s weather
New study says there is a connection between fog conditions in Indo-Gangetic Plains and anomalies in movement of air in the Arctic and Eurasian …
Monsoon reaches Andaman & Nicobar Islands
But with experts predicting 90 per cent chance of El Niño, uncertainty looms over monsoon’s progress