Monsoon watch: The 2019 season has the sure-shot imprint of climate change

The monsoon has played truant this year, with many areas now under floods, which were facing drought earlier

Monsoon season enters last lap

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

Face it, the monsoon has been delayed this year

The possible onset of the southwest monsoon is now June 6; only after the next 48 hours will the final date for the season be announced

Rainfall deficit widens as monsoon stays away in first-half of September

Southern peninsula is the worst hit with 72 per cent rainfall deficit

Mumbai receives 438% excess rain in a single day

4 people die as the southwest monsoon brings torrential rain to the city

Monsoon is on, but reservoir levels stay down

Rainfall deficit dropped to 21 per cent till July 7, 2019; 91 reservoirs witness 17 per cent deficit

Two depressions in September, an anomaly in this already erratic monsoon

There have been only three instances in the last 30 years where two depressions had been recorded in the Bay of Bengal in September

Monsoon plays truant in food bowl of India; rainfall deficit increases

So far, rainfall in the Indo-Gangetic plain has remained deficient, with last week recording largely deficient rain

Kerala, Karnataka cannot avail drought assistance despite being stricken by drought

The Central government’s new definitions of drought are acting as impediments

Some 100 people have died in Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra floods this week

A clearer picture of the death toll would only emerge later, with rains continuing to lash Peninsular India

Scant July rainfall: India may face drought, floods again

Long periods of no rain and then a sudden bout of excessive rainfall have become the hallmark of Indian monsoon in the last few years

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 …

We are nearing mid-July, but 14 states, UTs still have huge rain deficit

These states and UTs, mostly in north and east India, reported a deficit between 27 per cent and 74 per cent till July 10

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

To save Tamil Nadu from water crisis, prevent deforestation in Western Ghats: study

The effect of deforestation is felt more during deficit years than monsoon surplus years

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

Monsoon advances, but in deficit

Reasons for delay: Weak El Nino conditions, very severe Cyclone Vayu

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 

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

Will India’s farmers face another scanty monsoon this year?

Private weather forecaster Skymet Weather predicts ‘below normal’ monsoon on the heels of major international weather agencies …

Making sense of erratic monsoon, sporadic flooding

Although the average rainfall has reduced over the last 60 years, the day to day variability in rainfall during monsoon months has increased

Southwest monsoon reaches Kerala

As of now, conditions are favourable for its progress

Southwest monsoon to hit Kerala in 48 hours: Met department

Heavy rains and strong winds will precede monsoon onset, fishers warned