World Water Day 2020: How water can be used in the battle against climate change
It is an enabling and limiting factor in humanity’s ability to mitigate and adapt to climate change
IMD predicts above average monsoon
This positive news coming after two successive droughts is sure to revive the economy
Death by lightning: facts and figures
Lightning has killed 56 in Bihar and 42 in Uttar Pradesh in the last 24 hours. Here are some numbers that define this leading cause of accidental …
IMD predicts a scorching summer for 2024
People may not get much respite from the heat even during the nights, predicts agency
Maharashtra’s Raigad hit by landslide, 16 dead
More than 100 people are feared to be trapped under debris
IMD predicts summer warmer than usual
March has been extremely wet
Hailstorm in Maharashtra kills at least three, destroys crops in Marathwada, Vidarbha
More than 27,000 hectares of crops have been destroyed in Jalna district alone
Bad weather ahead for Bay of Bengal, but how bad will it get?
The flip-flops over a new system brewing to India’s east show that our best climate models are playing catch up with weather systems in a …
IMD commissions new ensemble prediction systems to improve monsoon forecast
The new 10-day probabilistic forecasts will be able to provide rainfall forecasts with probabilities according to rainfall intensities
Blazing India: 22 states see 73 heatwave spells in 97 days
The blistering conditions came early and didn’t even spare non-hotspots
On El Nino's track
Down To Earth has been following the current El Nino since July. A lowdown
Severe cold kills five in 24 hours in Bihar, including two kids
Doctors report uptick in heart attack, brain stroke cases in three government hospitals
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
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
‘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 …
India to get ‘above normal’ rain this monsoon season, IMD forecasts
If distributed fairly across the country, the forecast should be a cause of cheer, especially for agriculture
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
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
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
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
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