Hailstorms, unseasonal rains damaged 4.76 lakh hectares of crop in February

Around 300,000 hectares of crops like jowar, gram, wheat and horticulture crops like orange, grapes, bananas and vegetables were damaged in …

Water levels in India’s major reservoirs deficient by 40 per cent

The 91 water reservoirs in the country have a total storage capacity of 157.799 billion cubic metres, which is about 62 per cent of India’s …

Himalayas on fire: Himachal’s tinder-dry forests, on its brown snowless hills, burn due to low moisture

Forest fire incidents have increased seven times this year; there have been 2,050 incidents in 3 months, data shows

Deep depression in Bay of Bengal to bring heavy unseasonal rain, strikes fear of crop loss into Odisha paddy farmers

Crops not fully reaped in some districts where government procurement is yet to start

Heavy rainfall due to climate change increasing landslides, say experts

73% of landslides in the Himalayas due to heavy rains, low absorbtion into the ground

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Kerala received 316% more rainfall than normal on August 8: IMD

Since the beginning of the monsoon season, 14 districts in the state have been affected by floods comprising over 2,000 villages, says the …

Over 70% of India reporting drought-like conditions

Skewed temporal-spatial rainfall distribution, prolonged monsoonal breaks driving factors, say experts

All sugar factories in Maharashtra close before season, production drops 20%

Extreme weather events lead to drop in poor yield, sugar prices will climb, warn experts  

Auckland floods: Kerala woman travelling to New Zealand narrates her experience of being stranded at Malaysia airport

Many desperately need their luggage off the plane for medicines, sanitary napkins and clothes

Australia shivers as winter ends; spring to be wet due to negative Indian Ocean Dipole, La Nina

The Bureau of Meteorology recently stated that its three-month climate outlook was of above average rainfall for much of Australia, particularly …

Significant increase in rainfall in north, central Africa: Study

Almost all regions of the continent, except the south and east, showed a significant increase in annual rainfall from 1983 to 2020    

What’s the record for how long it’s ever rained without stopping?

Rainfall is “measurable” if it adds up to 0.01 inch (0.25 millimeters) or more

The dictum on desertification: UNCCD CoP14 presents an opportunity

Land is at the core of fighting climate change that is sure to hurt all sections eventually

This June may be second-most rain deficient in 7 years

This comes when the country has already been experiencing an extended dry spell since the end of last year’s monsoon season

Will this June be the driest ever on record?

One quarter of the monsoon will soon be over and rainfall deficit has already hit 44 per cent

There’s a cyclone coming to Mumbai, but it may not be bad news

Cyclone Vayu is expected to bring the mercury down in the coastal city with moderate rainfall

41% probability of below-normal monsoon, says IMD's second stage forecast

During the first stage long-range forecast issued, IMD had predicted 44% probability of below-normal monsoon

World of Cape Towns

From Cape Town to Bengaluru and Nairobi to Mexico City, hundreds of cities across the world are on the verge of going completely dry

Faced with climate change, Nagaland to revive traditional rice varieties

The state government has initiated a Rs 24-crore project, which will be supported by the National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change

World lost 2.3 million sq km of forested land to drought in last three decades

Successive droughts lead to a substantial and unsustainable expansion of cropland at the expense of forested lands

This monsoon was far from being ‘normal’

While rainfall over the entire country falls under the normal category, distribution of rain has been a far cry from IMD scientists' forecast

Rainfall improves slightly in India

Amidst talks of an undeclared drought looming over the country, monsoon makes its presence felt in central and south India

More of everything?

Increasing acid rain. Higher temperatures. Water scarcity. Shrinking farmlands. Reducing biodiversity. This is what the years leading to AD 2050 …

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