FLOOD FACTSHEET: Monsoon may be on a break, not deluge

How floods have affected India by in the first half of 2021

Water storage in major reservoirs less than average of last 10 years

Overall storage position in India’s 150 major reservoirs is less than the corresponding period of last year

Monsoon to arrive on time in A&N islands; weakening El Niño may increase rainfall

As neutral conditions are restored after a strong El Niño event, hopes for a better monsoon increase 

Is India ready: CSE finds worrying signs of heat stress

Summer 2022 was 2nd-hottest since 2010; now monsoon leaving it behind    

Monsoon withdraws, but several states still under drought

The situation in these parched regions may get worse in coming months with no more rainfall

India’s wells are running dry, fast

Hit by weak monsoons, India faces unprecedented water shortages

Aerosols increase drought severity over the Indian subcontinent

El Niño weakens the monsoon by transporting aerosols from lower altitudes in East Asian region up and into the higher altitudes, finds a …

Monsoon update: Northeastern states report deficit rainfall

Three weeks into the monsoon, 72% meteorological divisions have had normal and above normal rainfall

Take note: there is 44% probability of below-normal monsoon this year

Although IMD predicts normal rain in 2018, there is 44 per cent probability of deficient or below normal monsoon

India to have ‘normal’ monsoon in 2021, predicts IMD

Global climatic factors such as El Nino and La Nina are not likely to be at play

Rains get reservoir levels to 73%

Overall storage still less than normal in seven states

Dengue: Heavy rains during July 2023 led to outbreaks across India

Down To Earth analysis suggests climate factors to have contributed to vector-borne disease outbreaks 

Monsoon arrives three days early

Thunderstorms and negative Indian Ocean Dipole indices could affect its distribution and progress

Rain record: Odisha gets more than double, Bihar may soon be drought-hit

While 22 districts in Odisha see 200 per cent more rainfall than normal, Bihar’s 22 districts get less than 50 per cent

Monsoon 2022 will be ‘normal’ but highly erratic month-to-month: Skymet

Abrupt and intense rains with abnormally long dry spells predicted  

71 per cent Indian districts stare at poor monsoon, shows DTE analysis of IMD data

These districts have received deficient or no rain so far

Over a million paddy bags damaged in the open in Odisha due to rain, hailstorm

Most of the market yards had temporary sheds while several of them had permanent sheds

Climate emergency: It is time to prepare for severe floods that will hit South Asia

Models show that for a 3°C rise in mean temperature, number of people annually affected in South Asia can more than triple, disrupting lives …

Cropping frequency decline due to climate change may impact food security: Study

Irrigation effectively offsets the projected production loss, but irrigated areas have to be expanded by over 5%

March-April heatwave impacted agriculture in 9 Indian states: ICAR report

Heatwaves resulted in poor vegetative and retarded growth, pest infestation like fall army and whitefly attacks and viral infections in crops and …

Why the new ‘normal’ for rainfall calculation may be problematic for India‘s farmers

The value for ‘normal’ rainfall decreased by 12 millimetres, according to India Meteorological Department’s new standards

Monsoon 2022: Expect a delay, first 2 months may be dry

The slow progress may lead to water scarcity, food insecurity and humid heat, especially for north-west India  

‘My method’s an addition to the knowledge about climate change ending the Indus Valley Civilisation’

Down To Earth speaks to Nishant Malik from the Rochester Institute of Technology, United States about the new method he has developed to show …

Here is a panoramic view of the growing threat to agriculture in India

This map shows the increasing desertification of India’s soil, which is a reason to worry right now with Rabi season fast approaching and …

Kerala floods reveal the horror that is climate change

Kerala’s worst floods, which were a disaster caused by climate change, were made deadlier by local environmental degradation and absence of …