Cyclone Asani not to hit West Bengal, confirms IMD
Asani was not even responsible for the deluge in the state May 9, the weather agency added
Water levels in important reservoirs consistently dipping: CWC data
Low storage can affect summer crops to be harvested by May-June as well as Kharif sowing
Mocha: ‘Super cyclone’ completes landfall near Sittwe; will weaken in next 3 hours
Locals stay put, nowhere to escape; international agencies and government on their toes
‘North Atlantic Oscillation may have played a role in this time's cold wave’
Down To Earth speaks to IMD scientist Rajendra Kumar Jenamani about why temperatures dipped so much this winter in spite of its prediction to the …
Heat waves to follow in the wake of Amphan: IMD
Isolated areas in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh will suffer from heat waves between May 18 and May 22, it says
Reality check: 2017 hurricanes wreaked the most havoc in 48 years
Limiting temperature rise 1.5-2°C may cut down number of tropical cyclones but not their severity
IMD calls Titli, Luban cyclones “rarest of rare” occurrences
Cyclone Titli caused immense damage in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh despite several warnings
Will this June be the driest ever on record?
One quarter of the monsoon will soon be over and rainfall deficit has already hit 44 per cent
There’s a cyclone coming to Mumbai, but it may not be bad news
Cyclone Vayu is expected to bring the mercury down in the coastal city with moderate rainfall
Will May bring respite from heat? Here’s what IMD predicts
May may bring showers in many parts of India that have remained largely dry this 2022 pre-monsoon season
Biporjoy: Saurashtra, Kutch highly vulnerable to cyclones
Gujarat, with the longest coastline in India and unique climatic conditions, is particularly at risk to cyclones according to the Gujarat …
Along the Naf: A million Rohingyas could be sitting ducks, with ‘Super Cyclone’ Mocha’s eye passing through their camps
Forget about preparation, many do not know even a cyclone is coming, say locals; India urged to provide regional leadership
Maharashtra doubles input subsidy for farmers, citing extreme weather events
Maharashtra farmers skeptical about doubling of input subsidy by state government; say benefits hardly accrue to them
Here is why India needs effective climate services
A new study has examined what it will take for IMD to transform itself from being a weather-ready to a climate-smart organisation
Is the monsoon here? The winds say not yet
India Meteorological department has announced the onset of monsoon, but crucial wind conditions essential to back it are missing
Unmasking the monsoon
Putting together the finer pieces of the monsoon puzzle remains a challenge as new key drivers have emerged
Frost bites states across India
As several states across the country reel under cold wave conditions, ground frosting has been reported in Jharkhand, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, …
Here is how forecast of extreme rainfall events can be improved
By adding quantitative precipitation forecasting to IMD forecasts, there can be more reliable extreme event forecasts
Why the heatwave? Blame Cyclone Vayu, El Niño
Experts believe if monsoon rains would have reached central India by June 10, it would not have been this hot
Cyclone Fani leaves Odisha in the dark, paralysed
The storm killed 11 people in the state; left coastal areas without electricity, homes or crops
Changing weather will affect living standards of half of India's population
2018 was the sixth-warmest and had the sixth-lowest monsoon in the last 117 years, says IMD
India’s megacities face soaring temperatures brought on by urbanisation
ACs and automobiles are major contributors to what is known as the urban heat trap
‘Dynamic system’: Why Mocha is a storm with a difference
A careful analysis shows that the prediction of the storm’s wind speed has been modified several times in the past 3 days
North East India records lowest rainfall in 122 years
The IMD predicts that below-normal rainfall will persist over the remaining part of August
Deficient rainfall in Bihar, paddy farmers fear drought, crop loss
Most of Bihar’s 38 districts are facing rainfall deficit, according to IMD’s data