El Nino may hit already hurt Indian farmers

The country saw a 24 per cent rainfall deficit in September and if El Nino continues till spring, it may bring down average rainfall in 2019 …

Nilam lands at Mahabalipuram on Tamil Nadu coast

Over 4,000 people evacuated to relief camps

Another cold wave expected in North India

Some predictions suggest temperatures can dip as low as -4°C  

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

Heat waves strike Gujarat, Rajasthan

Met department cautions that the temperature would continue to rise in the months to follow

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

Uttarakhand floods: more rains predicted

Light to moderate rain forecast from June 24; will impede ongoing rescue operations

Floods are becoming more complex

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 …

2012 a drought year, accepts government

Met department delayed fresh monsoon forecast for a fortnight. El Nino is active

96 dams put on high alert in Gujarat

Torrential rains damage dam, inundate eight villages

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

Expect Assam floods to worsen in the next few days

Possibility of fresh floods in Meghalaya, Arunachal, Sikkim, north Bengal too

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

Pre-monsoon showers bring relief to north India

Monsoon to hit Delhi and other parts of northern India on June 29

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 …

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 …

A look back at monsoon 2012

Met officials claim accurate predictions of monsoon dates for eight years. Will they be able to do so this time?

India braces for cyclone Nilam

Coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu on high alert

IMD predicts normal monsoon this year

El-Nino could emerge later but drought unlikely

South America witnessed extreme lightning strikes in 2018, 2019: WMO

While a strike in Brazil travelled the longest distance, one in Argentina lasted for the longest duration recorded till now