Why is river Yamuna still maily?

Officials do not understand the gray waters produced by the city

Tropical storm Hudhud set to intensify further today

Intensification expected to surpass forecasts given by different agencies and weather models

Cyclone threat possible this week

Severe weather warning for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands; a cyclone watch for coastal Odisha, Andhra Pradesh

Dilli's world class pretensions exposed

At the outset, I wish to express my profound sense of shock and sadness at Sunita Narain’s unfortunate accident. I continue to pray and …

Tropical storm Hudhud forms in Bay of Bengal

Fresh cyclone warning issued for coastal areas of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh

“The climate crisis is here and now”

Increasing risk of extreme weather has made it easier to have conversations on environment in El Salvador, the country’s minister of …

Hit by storm, 15 trawlers are missing in Bay of Bengal

The boats have 240 fishers on board

Tropical storm, Fung-Wong, leaves 200,000 displaced in the Philippines

Taiwan evacuates people from danger zones

Delhi gets high-end radar for storm detection

C-band Doppler radar can identify type of precipitation and determine intensity of winds, useful for detecting storms

Massive solar storm reaches Earth

No adverse effects but unleashed picturesque auroras

Phailin cyclone: how severe?

Experts in the West say Phailin is category 5 tropical cyclone, and may prove to be more devastating than even Hurricane Katrina

Cyclone Lehar may be as severe as Phailin

Cyclone wind speed may reach up to 200 km/hr on Thursday at time of landfall; heavy rains predicted from Wednesday evening

Typhoon Soudelor claims at least 20 lives in Taiwan

The storm, however, weakened after entering inland China

Potential ‘historic’ storm disrupts life in US, transit systems shut

Nearly 6,500 flights cancelled, wind gusts getting stronger

Southeast US will bear the worst of this year’s winter, says AccuWeather

This US-based independent weather agency set off gasps of dread and many counter-forecasts last week when it indicated “the return” …

Typhoon Phanfone batters Japan

One US airman killed; hundreds of flights disrupted

Lightning claims more lives in Odisha than any other calamity

14 deaths on September 16 takes this year's toll up to 191; Centre ignores state's plea to declare lightning a natural calamity

Meet the Lazarus creatures: six species we thought were extinct, but aren't

It is extremely difficult to determine whether a species is extinct, or just absent from an area

More than 800 stranded in Andaman as depression triggers heavy rain

Indian Navy deploys ships to rescue stranded tourists after depression over southeast Bay of Bengal caused torrential rain

Storm front

From myth to reality, how storms have shaped human history

What makes 2017 Atlantic hurricane season unprecedented?

Tropical cyclones like hurricanes and typhoons are changing character due to global warming. Not only are they becoming more frequent, wind …

Tropical thunderstorms are set to grow stronger as the world warms

The amount of atmospheric energy available to thunderstorms will increase in response to climate change

New normal: series of intense, widespread storms in less than a week; 19 states brace for more

Unusually high temperature has aided such intense storms across the country, indicating more turbulent days ahead

We have never seen anything like this before: dust storm victims in Rajasthan, UP

Although the local administration had generated alerts about the dust storm, the intensity and scale was unexpected and unprecedented

Pollution in news on May 14

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on pollution