Linking weather extremes with climate change in real-time

Apart from investing in forecasts, climate scientists need pre-computed thresholds to issue wise guesses in the immediate aftermath of extreme …

Why does Mumbai sink almost every monsoon?

Mumbai comes to a standstill every time it receives heavy rainfall for consecutive days. Why is the city not prepared to deal with such extreme …

Monsoon gains momentum but trouble far from over

High chances of flash floods till August may impact agricultural production in the country

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Piecing the monsoon puzzle

As scientists understand the monsoon triggers better, they find new drivers for the complex phenomenon

Why is India’s weather becoming more difficult to predict?

With two more Western Disturbances forecasted by IMD for March 2 and March 7, the winter might still stay for a while

Why is Delhi facing a flip-flop in weather conditions

Following the record-breaking warmth on Sunday, temperatures dipped again as an active Western Disturbance brought rain on Monday

Despite increasing probability of El Nino, IMD confident of good monsoon

Met department has also predicted a fairly uniform geographical distribution of monsoon

Key weather phenomena to follow in 2016

From western disturbances to the monsoon, a look at possibilities of various weather phenomena in India

Tornado kills 129

Squalls sweep West Bengal, Bihar; survivors seek relief

World seems confused over El Nino

Japan’s weather agency says the phenomenon is prevailing, the IMD says it is neutral

Chennai to get flood warning system

Chennai has been witnessed multiple instances of flooding in recent years, with the most recent one killing at least 14

Will the monsoon reach Kerala on time?

Citizens baffled as weather forecasters are divided over monsoon’s onset dates   

Delhi shivers at 3°C, season’s coldest; Rajasthan dips to -1.5°C

Cold wave over north, northwest Delhi to stay for next two days

IMD predicts normal monsoon for 2020

India Meteorological Department predicts intensity of monsoon rain could be between 96-104% of the long period average

2015 El Niño strongest since 1997-98, says international weather agency

El Niño is one of the main drivers of the climate system and contributes to extreme weather events around the world

Raining troubles

Little-understood western disturbances have been blamed for most of the freak weather events in India in the past decade. With 50 per cent of its …

Twister jam

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Time for climate lesson

A Nepal school that imparts practical knowledge to farmers

Cyclone Phethai makes landfall three hours early, kills 1

While weather agencies have upped their forecasting science, it’s yet to convert into last mile communication to the vulnerable

Stalled monsoon to make little progress before June 25

In spite of unfavourable conditions, IMD expects a major progress of the monsoon in Central India

India to see hotter than normal summer in 2016: IMD

The outlook has also warned of an increased probability of heat waves across the country during the summer as the prevailing El Nino weakens

Hailstorm lashes parts of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh

Temperatures dip in a number of places, experts say occurrence good for Rabi crops

Ocean's surface temperature may help predict monsoon

No insurance against fraud

Private weather forecasting agencies are prone to fudging data in the absence of a regulatory authority