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

Not just climate change, Farakka also to blame for 2021 Bihar floods

Farakka construction has caused siltation in Bihar and eastern UP, leading to a rise in the Ganga riverbed’s height, which caused floods in …

As Monsoon 2021 reaches its end, DTE traces its erratic trajectory

August was a very dry month with just one low pressure area; such areas could reduce in the future due to global warming

Over 90% districts in India now face arid conditions

As many as 673 out of India’s 733 districts experienced ‘mild’ to ‘severe’ arid conditions from September 2-8; only …

Monsoon 2021: A month before season’s end, over one-third of districts deficit in rainfall

All the districts in Gujarat have reported deficit or large deficit rainfall

Sparse monsoon 2021: Should Gujarat prepare for drought?

Amid a derailing COVID-19 pandemic, after Cyclone Tauktae devastation, comes a deep deficit in rainfall

Just 6 of Odisha’s 30 districts have received normal rains this monsoon: Report

Farmers in many parts of Odisha are facing heavy losses due to the failure of the southwest monsoon

Dry spell ends but rains catch Delhi unprepared

It rained relief — and a little bit of nightmare — in Delhi. The delayed monsoon brought in the same story as every year: Submerged roads and …

Why the monsoon stalled in 2021: Blame it on anomalous world weather

A host of factors including temperature anomalies, the Madden Julian Oscillation and the Indian Ocean Dipole are responsible

All in a day: Dry northern districts have excess rain after July 13 shower

On July 13, Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana and Punjab, which had till then, experienced deficient to large deficient rainfall, reported excess …

In 5 graphs: How Monsoon 2021 is turning out to be an unusual one

Officially, it is still a normal monsoon but deficit level has been rising since July

How this year’s ‘monsoon with a difference’ is impacting farmers in Bengal

Farmers in several districts of Bengal engaged in cultivating paddy, vegetables, sesame and groundnut have incurred heavy losses due to this year&…

Live water storage in reservoirs at the end of monsoon less than 2020

Punjab recorded the highest deficit of 40%