Monsoon season enters last lap

Withdrawal period extended as the southwest monsoon fails to follow its timetable for bidding adieu

Monsoon worries

May to turn wet but will India witness a hot June?

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

‘Internationally, core weather forecasting is always done by national weather services’

Down To Earth speaks to Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director general of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), about the weather forecasting …

IMD predicts 'above normal' summer in 2017

Above normal heat wave conditions are likely over the core heat wave zone including northern plains and central regions, as per India …

IMD predicts above average monsoon

This positive news coming after two successive droughts is sure to revive the economy

India Climate 2019: Arabian Sea saw 400% more cyclones

In 2019, the monsoon season was the warmest in 118 years

Brace for another round of widespread rainfall

Is it a ‘western disturbance’?

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

19 quakes strike Nicobar Islands within 10 hours

No casualties have been reported so far 

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

Tell us about the rains

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

Monsoon progresses sluggishly over India

With only 57 per cent of normal rainfall recorded in India till now and less chance of rainfall improvement in this week, hope of monsoon revival …

Monsoon makes some progress, keeps half of India waiting

With 45 per cent less rainfall recorded between June 1 and 18 and half of India still waiting for rains, monsoon continues to baffle one and all

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 …

Cyclone Nilofar’s threat to Oman and Gujarat decreases

Cyclone Nilofar to rapidly lose strength from October 30; it may turn into a boon for Gujarat

Cyclone Nilofar forms in Arabian Sea

Nilofar set to intensify further but will rapidly weaken before striking Gujarat-Pakistan coast on October 31

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

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