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WMO ropes in well-known television weather presenters to present imagined but realistic weather reports of future ahead of New York climate meet
Met department moves from weather forecasting to nowcasting
Information on severe weather conditions will be made available three to six hours beforehand
India lost crops on 18 million hectares to extreme floods from 2017-2019: Govt
Madhya Pradesh hardest-hit; figures show gross underestimation of crop losses due to floods
Why the deportation of an English anthropologist has south Kerala’s fishing communities worried
Filippo Osella was about to launch a precise early weather-warning system the fish workers badly need
COVID-19 seasonal, winter spread risk higher in temperate zones: WMO
Local and global positivity rates, presence of novel variants and local vaccination rates also important factors
Tomato price rise: Farmers in Andhra say that is only part of the whole story
All-year demand, the pressures of cultivating tomato off season and changing climate are making life difficult for Chittoor’s farmers
Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai recorded more pollution this Diwali than 2020: SAFAR
Pune was the only city among four metros which had lower pollution levels this Diwali than last year due to rainfall, according to SAFAR
Extreme rainfall acidifies land in India's northeastern states
The vicious cycle of frequent heavy rain events degrading land, which again cause more floods and hence further degrade land, cripples …
Heavy rains are not unusual in Kerala, yet...
The heavy spell cannot be seen in isolation from the seasonal distribution, rainfall abnormalities over the rest of the country or abnormal …
Agromet advisories to reach more farmers from July
Union minister for science and technology said this step is towards expansion and upgradation of weather services
Cyclone Sagar kills 16, displaces thousands in Middle East, East Africa
Cyclone Sagar, one of the rare ones to penetrate into western Gulf of Aden, was also the strongest tropical storm ever recorded in Somalia
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
Cyclone Fani has been difficult to predict, but it’s not the first one
Cyclones Gaja, Titli and Ockhi had also intensified very quickly and taken weather forecasters and scientists by surprise
World Meteorological Day 2019: The Sun, the Earth and the weather
This year, the day is focusing on the role of the Sun on the Earth and the changing pattern of our climate and weather
Extreme weather events led to 8 deaths, destroyed almost 390,000 hectares of cropped area in Jan-Feb 2023
Haryana saw most damage to cropped area; Karnataka saw extreme cold events after a gap of over four decades
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
Deluge despite deficit
This year, floods have occurred even in areas that are arid or have received less than normal rainfall. As erratic weather events become more …
'Warmer future can lead to heavier hailstorms'
UK researcher Amulya Chevuturi talks to DTE about how hailstorms occur and how they could intensify with rising temperatures
Counting the cost of catastrophe
With changing climate, the frequency of extreme weather events in India is rising and so is the price we pay for it.
Auckland floods: Kerala woman travelling to New Zealand narrates her experience of being stranded at Malaysia airport
Many desperately need their luggage off the plane for medicines, sanitary napkins and clothes
Davos 2023: Natural disasters, extreme weather second-most severe global risk in short term
India recorded extreme weather events on 291 of the 334 days between January 1 and November 30, 2022
The UK is still not prepared for extreme temperatures – here’s what it should do
The UK has numerous frameworks and plans; however, they are not integrated, don’t consider dependencies between sectors and issues and they …
Climate action can help address crop loss in Central India
Small and marginal farmers in the central plateau are gradually finding agriculture non-viable
As told to Parliament (December 7, 2022): 71% Indians can’t afford nutritious food, member of Parliament cites DTE report
More than 1.7 million people die every year due to diseases caused by poor diet, DTE reported