NEW DELHI: Indian weather scientists hope to have enough expertise in the next five years to not only enhance rain but also suppress it, along with hail and lightning, in certain areas at will.This means, if Delhi or any other city wants to suppress rains during, say, I-Day celebrations, scientists would be able to do…
Heavy rains hit parts of Hyderabad late Tuesday (September 3, 2024) night, primarily affecting the city’s northern and eastern areas, including Alwal, Nacharam, Mallapur, Quthbullapur, Balanagar, and Patancheru. Heavy rains hit parts of Hyderabad late Tuesday (September 3, 2024) night, primarily affecting the city’s northern and eastern areas, including Alwal, Nacharam, Mallapur, Quthbullapur, Balanagar, and…
A waterlogged area after heavy rains, in Rajkot, on August 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI A depression over northwest Madhya Pradesh and adjoining east Rajasthan has intensified into a deep depression, the India Meteorological Department said on Monday (August 26, 2024) and warned of heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in parts of the two…
NEW DELHI: The southwest Monsoon is likely to arrive in Delhi in the next two-three days, India Meteorological Department announced on Thursday. And on the day of this announcement, the maximum temperature dipped to 35.4 degrees Celsius, two degrees below normal, following light to moderate pre-monsoon showers.The temperature fell to below normal after 46 days.The…
NEW DELHI: In what could bring massive relief amid the searing heat and water crisis in a few big cities, the India Meteorological Departmentor IMD has predicted very heavy rainfall in Kerala, Karnataka and Goa during the next four days.The weather forecast body has also predicted chances of similar rain with thunderstorms and lightning in…
NEW DELHI: Breaking its hiatus, the Monsoon on Thursday finally advanced into remaining parts of Maharashtra (Vidarbha), Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and some parts of Bihar bringing relief to these states from the searing heat wave. “No heat wave conditions are likely over most parts of the country during next 4-5 days,” said India…
NEW DELHI: The Monsoonwhich made its onset over Kerala two days in advance and arrived in the North-East six days before its normal date, has remained almost at a standstill since June 12 after making gradual progress and covering roughly 40% of the geographical area during the first 14 days. The current relatively longer hiatus…
As the scorching heatwave grips various parts of East and South Peninsular India, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued warnings for continued severe heatwave conditions over the next five days. The IMD‘s forecast also includes a mix of rainfall, thunderstormsand gusty winds across different regions.“A spell of rainfall accompanied by isolated thunderstorms/lightning and heavy…
Former President Pranab Mukherjee, who was earlier a finance minister, had once remarked that the Monsoon season (June-Sept) was India’s true finance minister, indicating the significance of rain during the period for the country. A lot has changed since then – large parts of India’s agriculture have been droughtproofed through irrigation networks, better varieties of…
NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department on Saturday has issued a warning stating that certain regions in peninsular and eastern India are likely to experience “heatwave conditions for the next two days”. The areas expected to be impacted include Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, Vidarbha, North Interior Karnataka, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Yanam, Rayalaseema, and Telangana….
