How humans invite storm

Tornado and storm frequencies linked to human activities

The model man

Whether it is his well-known monsoon model or his new population model, Vasant Gowarikar enjoys defying the classical definitions of a specialist.…

Cyclone-warning system

Warm situation

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Changing weather

Changes in climatic trends may be part of a decade-long pattern known as the Pacific Decadal Oscillation

Parched and pouring

Snooping on the rain

Indian scientists have embarked on the final leg of an ambitious voyage to unravel the mysteries of the monsoon

Is snow a rainkiller?

Snowfall in the Himalaya and Tibetan plateau affects monsoon  

Get future shocks now: watch weather reports of 2050

WMO ropes in well-known television weather presenters to present imagined but realistic weather reports of future ahead of New York climate meet

Met department moves from weather forecasting to nowcasting

Information on severe weather conditions will be made available three to six hours beforehand

Weather on order

A new technology could render weather forecasts redundant

Tidal wave kills 26

Wholesome find

Ozone hole over Antarctica is smaller in size this year due to atmospheric conditions

IMD overhauls monsoon forecast system

Have Indian meteorologists at last found their 'role model'? After getting a lot of flak from politicians and the public for last year's …

Too hot for Bush

Global warming would affect water availability in the US

Perfect model?

New method to forecast monsoon early

Tibetan saga

An environmental report checks the impact of Chinese rule over Tibet

Help on-line

A new cyclone prediction model will indicate the severity of a cyclone at least 12 hours in advance

When bloom spells doom

Bamboo flowering in Orissa without fresh procurement threatens to drive plant to extinction

Weathering the drought

Meteorological Department attempts to get its act together after bungling with monsoon predictions

Cloudburst in Leh

Rainfall stuck for five days as monsoon has not advanced towards north, says IMD

In a few days, monsoon is likely to advance over more parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha and West Bengal, the remaining parts of coastal Andhra …

Flood and devastation sweep Assam, Meghalaya

Cloudburst, landslides kill 27 and damage infrastructure, property and crops in Garo Hills and West Khasi Hills