Can MGNREGA data serve as real-time index for rural distress?
Four researchers correlated IMD's drought data with the demand for and supply of MGNREGA jobs and created an online interactive map to show areas …
Six-fold increase in forest fires as temperatures rise in many states
The Forest Survey of India’s large forest fires monitoring programme data shows that there are 192 large, active fires in the country today
Southwest monsoon is weakening as Indian Ocean warms rapidly
A study shows that surface temperatures of the Indian Ocean have risen by up to 1.2°C in the past century, much larger than warming trends in …
A monsoon without rains in week since official declaration
It has been 11 days since the official onset of the monsoon but the rains have not yet arrived as expected
Asani update: Cyclone to dissipate into sea after moving parallel to Andhra coast
Andhra Pradesh government assures all precautions taken in coastal districts; track of cyclone not unique, say experts
Cyclone Asani may not make landfall at all
Odisha to witness maximum impact; West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh likely to have rains
Dry March: Is India looking at deficient pre-monsoon rain in 2022
Rainfall activity started late over North East; no western disturbances over northwest, hence no rain there, says IMD
Deficit rainfall in some districts, flooding in nearly all: A look at Assam deluge
Eight of Assam’s 27 metereological districts had deficit rainfall this monsoon, and yet, almost all are suffering from some level of flooding
Drought but why: What happened to the promise of a drought-free Maharashtra?
Between October last year and February this year, the state government has declared 151 talukas and 268 revenue circle as drought-hit.
Delhi’s Mayur Vihar received heavy rain in just three hours — here is why
Heavy rainfall in a short span common in the national capital for the last couple of years, says IMD’s regional head
Cyclone Gulab: Landfall process starts
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik keeping close watch on situation; over 20,000 people evacuated from areas in Gulab’s path
Monsoon 2021: Is it time for severe drought in India’s northeast and northwest?
September rain will not be enough to compensate for deficient rainfall in northwest and northeast states of India, says IMD forecast
Is India heading for a deadly spell of heatwave again?
Amid forecast of a record-breaking warm year, the India Meteorological Department warns of a warmer than normal summer
Slowing down winds make cyclones like Fani more severe, unpredictable
Here are the least understood aspects of climate science and how wind plays a crucial role in their behaviour
Cyclone Phethai makes landfall three hours early, kills 1
While weather agencies have upped their forecasting science, it’s yet to convert into last mile communication to the vulnerable
Bihar chief minister rebuffs officials for 'misleading' him on drought situation in state
Facts and figures presented by officials do not match ground reality, says Manjhi; 22 districts face threat of drought
India to receive less rainfall, strong El Nino predicted
North-west India will be worst sufferer; IMD forecast says the region will receive only 85 per cent of normal rains
Extreme weather events in 24 of 36 meteorological sub-divisions in 2020: IMD
Floods, landslides, heat waves and isolated extremely heavy rainfall were common during southwest monsoon season
Odisha braces for Cyclone Mocha, likely to hit around May 8
Eastern coast prepares disaster response; evacuations begin and relief materials stockpiled
Climate crisis: ‘There has not been a cool month in 628 months’
If one was born in February 1986, s / he has actually never experienced a month with normal temperature. Each month after this has been a …
Monsoon reaches Bay of Bengal; Kerala onset on May 31: IMD
The intense cyclonic activities over the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea might influence the monsoon system
CWG legacy project on air quality spreading to more cities
The System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) will be launched in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar on May 12
India to see hotter than normal summer in 2016: IMD
The outlook has also warned of an increased probability of heat waves across the country during the summer as the prevailing El Nino weakens
Parts of India received more than 10 times of normal rains in March, April: IMD
Private weather forecaster predicts normal monsoon for 2015 despite El Nino developing in the eastern Pacific
Historically prone to cyclones
26 of the 35 deadliest tropical cyclones in world history have been Bay of Bengal storms