What’s driving food prices in new normal climate?

Monsoon as a unitary weather phenomenon is no more a valid indicator for food prices as its progress and distribution have changed completely

Global warming, Cyclone Biparjoy worked in tandem to bring monsoon to Mumbai and Delhi on same date

Incident last happened 62 years ago in 1961, confirmed IMD

There’s 50% chance of monsoon to be below normal or deficit this year

Second half of primary rainfall season for India will witness impact of El Nino, says IMD

In the shadow of El Niño fear: an already weak monsoon may suffer another jolt

There is a probability of El Niño developing between July and September, which are the peak monsoon months in India

Monsoon modeling is not like the ‘blind men and elephant’ story

Disparate insights into model imperfections are all related to the intricacies of the monsoon dynamics itself and the models capture the most …

Warming Arabian Sea may be behind sudden, erratic rainfall in pockets of Kerala: Study

Fear floods loom over state as heavy rainfall continues due to Asani

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

Deficient rainfall leads to low storage in water reservoirs of north, central India

The total volume in 130 reservoirs monitored is 61 per cent of their overall capacity

North East reels under floods despite recording highest rain deficit in the country

High variability of rainfall has created increased occurrence of droughts and floods

From Kashmir to Telangana, unusually heavy rain wreaked havoc in 28 districts last week

Some places have even seen about 337 per cent week-over-week increase in rainfall 

After 4 years of high-intensity rains, Kerala inching towards drought with 45% deficit rainfall

Lack of sufficient rains is likely to impact farming expenses and yields this time; drinking water, power generation affected

Paddy sowing delayed in Odisha due to lack of pre-monsoon showers, high temperature

Farmers advised to sow medium-duration paddy seeds, instead of long-duration seeds by experts

Indian monsoon has intensified since 2002; trend will persist in coming years: study

The heightened monsoon activity has reversed a 50-year drying period during which monsoon season brought relatively little rain  

Monsoon report card: Rainfall deficit in 8 states, excess in 8 others

Sudden swing from heavy downpour to deficient rainfall in 163 districts in 15 days in August

Monsoon 2022: Kerala, Odisha, West Bengal stare at deficit rainfall

Rainfall will be termed normal but India will experience less rainfall during southwest monsoon than it used to a decade ago

Heavy rains damage paddy crop in Bihar’s Seemanchal and Kosi regions

Standing crops have been damaged in about 663,776.28 hectares due to floods, excessive rains and waterlogging this year

Why the heatwave? Blame Cyclone Vayu, El Niño

Experts believe if monsoon rains would have reached central India by June 10, it would not have been this hot

Slow and weak: 42% of India records rain deficit despite welcoming monsoon a month ago

With at least 290 districts receiving deficient and largely deficient rainfall, about 1.2 million fewer hectares have been planted this …

Summer agony in monsoon season: heat wave persists in several states

Strong westerly winds are flowing in from north India in the absence of monsoon current, thus, increasing both minimum and maximum teperatures

Poor show of northeast monsoon raises doubts over Rabi crops production

Erratic distribution of northeast monsoon rains is most evident in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and the Deccan regions

An unjustified progress of the monsoon

People are confused over the monsoon’s arrival declared by the India Meteorological Department   

After 8 years, IMD forecasts above normal rainfall

If distributed fairly across the country, the forecast should be a cause of cheer

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Romancing the rains

A BBC Radio 3 programme on the Indian monsoon

Explained: How is ‘below normal’ monsoon 2023 impacting India’s economy

Deficit of 6% in the country overall; about 31% of India received less than normal rainfall