Cloudburst in Leh

Why improved forecasts are not helping prevent floods, droughts

The only way India can maximise the value of its massive investments in weather and S2S forecasts is by ensuring a process to bridge the gap …

‘There is still time to reverse the climate crisis'

Daniel Swain, a climate scientist from the University of California, Los Angeles, talks about the new science of extreme events attribution

Apocalypse now: Shivpuri gets half the rain of a normal year in 38 hours

Climate change is real as rain-scarce Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior division is deluged and more flooding is expected

Factsheet: Climate finance

Climate finance involves flow of funds from developed to developing countries to help them cut  their emissions and adapt to climate change. …

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

An Indian was the first to scientifically document a tornado’s path: Study

Babu ChunderSikur Chatterjee’s paper was the earliest record of a tornado’s dynamics in the history of meteorology, according to …

It is time to own up: Why ‘Anthropocene’ should matter

Disinclination to recognise impact of humans on the planet responsible for a fragile fight against climate change

India bore maximum brunt of extreme weather events in 2020: Report

As many as 2,067 lives lost to floods in India through the year, the highest in the world due to climate change-induced events 

Food security: Climate change is affecting the seeds that India depends on

An increase in the number of days with extreme temperatures or rain has caused a decline in the quality and size of seeds across India

Deluge in Spain continues, could still face its driest summer in over 6 decades

Some areas see more rainfall in a day than normally seen in an entire month; wet weather to continue

Climate Emergency CoP 25: 22 million people will be displaced in 2019 by extreme weather events, says WMO

The State of Global Climate 2019 says that once-in-a-century climate events are becoming regular

2016: a year of growing dissent

This year, more than ever before, has been tumultuous, both in terms of economic politics and nature’s art

Prevailing El Niño can hit 4.7 million people in the Pacific Islands

The advisory states that less rainfall is affecting agriculture in several countries of the Asia-Pacific region

Devastation due to heavy rains in Himachal, 40 killed in last 36 hours

Several roads closed due to floods in the state, National Highway including Manali and Shimla also disrupted

State of Extreme Weather: How was January-April 2023 compared to January-April 2022

In the first four months of 2023, at least 33 states/UTs reported extreme weather events. In contrast, 27 states/UTs recorded extreme …

Loss and Damage: Disaster a day

India experienced extreme weather events on 241 of the 273 days from January 1 to September 30, which claimed 2,755 lives & damaged 1.9 …

India saw natural disasters almost every day in first 9 months of 2022: CSE report

Highest toll in Himachal Pradesh; official data inadequate to show real extent of loss & damage

India most vulnerable to climate change

More than 22 million Indians were affected by extreme weather events in 2017, making the country most open to the cliamte attack

Monsoon 2018: Destructive yes, distributive no

While floods during monsoon killed 1,310 people and affected 7.5 million, 40% Indian districts still face drought

Extreme weather events in June 2018

Here's is a list of exterme weather events that have happened in June across the world

Landmark human rights case against 47 'carbon majors'

Petitioners in the Philippines have asked its human rights panel to investigate the role of carbon majors in causing climate change which has …

Africa needs early warnings for all to combat extreme weather, save lives: WMO

About 60% of African continent not currently covered by early warning services; Accurate & timely weather, water & climate information needed

Heavy rains, flooding in north Italy claim 8 lives; thousands evacuated

An average of 200 mm of rainfall happened in the last 36 hours

Deadly heatwaves threaten to reverse India’s progress on poverty and inequality — new research

India has suffered over 24,000 heatwave-related deaths since 1992