Monsoon's Advancement Slows, May Hit Kerala Only by June 5
Pre-monsoon rains, however, cover most parts of north eastern states, Kerala and Karnataka The monsoon is likely to hit mainland India only on Friday ,a week later than the earlier predictions, even as
View ArticleIMD: Monsoon to be good through June
The monsoon is likely to remain strong through the month of June, the India Meteorological Department said on Thursday, as another storm system developed over the Bay of Bengal, promising widespread rain
View ArticleNo rains on horizon, farmers worried
Nagpur: Only negligible rainfall has been recorded across Vidarbha in the first fortnight of July. This has led to five out of 11 districts of the region, and the region as a whole, becoming rainfall...
View ArticleIndian Ocean switches to positive dipole mode; strong monsoon seen for east...
A positive phase of the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) may have already begun to play out, according to the Applications Laboratory of Jamstec, the Japanese national weather forecaster. The positive phase
View ArticleTectonic framework and evolutionary history of the Bengal Basin in the Indian...
The Bengal Basin evolved as a rift-controlled extensional basin along the NNE–SSW trending Basin Margin Fault coevally with the 85 East Ridge in the Bay of Bengal during the short-lived hotspot
View ArticleCyclone rips through three districts of West Bengal, 800 left homeless
CM cuts short London trip as state deals with emergency-like situation. High velocity storms have flattened hundreds of houses, rendered over 800 people homeless and injured at least 12 people in three
View ArticleEl Nino effect: Weak monsoon to continue
The ongoing dry spell, which was expected to continue till August end, may get extended to the first week of September. A recent extended range forecast of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
View ArticleMonsoon revives in central India, southern peninsula: IMD
Monsoon rains have revived in the worst-hit central India and southern peninsula regions that would help boost kharif crops and water level in reservoirs, a top official of the Met department said on...
View ArticleVariations in atmospheric structure and wave activity in changing monsoon...
Upper-air radiosonde observations, taken during “Cloud Aerosol Interaction and Precipitation Enhancement EXperiment” (CAIPEEX) at Mahabubnagar (16.73°N, 77.98°E) under Integrated
View ArticleRain damage: 27 die; 29,000 sheltered in relief centres
Cuddalore receives 266mm rainfall in two days Even as the death toll in rain-related incidents in the district, which bore the brunt of nature’s fury following a depression over the Bay of Bengal on
View ArticleRain batters TN as toll mounts to 59
Tamil Nadu continued to experience monsoon fury, with heavy rain pounding various parts of the state under the influence of a well marked low pressure area over Bay of Bengal, as the death toll from...
View ArticleStubble burning: Effect felt up to Arabian Sea, says ISRO study
Smoke plumes from this region contain carbon aerosols that play a vital role in determining atmospheric chemistry. A recent study has found that burning stubble, practiced in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar
View ArticleNo water treaty keeps Arunachal on edge
Caught in India-China race to tap power potential of Brahmaputra As India and China race to tap — or literally dam — the 97,000-MW hydro-power potential of the Brahmaputra/Tsangpo river, the people
View ArticleOn the decreasing trend of the number of monsoon depressions in the Bay of...
This study unravels the physical link between the weakening of the monsoon circulation and the decreasing trend in the frequency of monsoon depressions over the Bay of Bengal. Based on the analysis
View ArticlePersonal care products pack toxic microbeads
As we finish using an aesthetically designed tube of toothpaste, face wash or face wash, thousands of microbeads and microplastics would have mixed with the water systems, thereby causing serious...
View ArticleInfluence of tropical cyclones on tropospheric ozone: possible implications
The present study examines the role of tropical cyclones in the enhancement of tropospheric ozone. The most significant and new observation reported is the increase in the upper-tropospheric (10–16
View ArticleHeat Wave Forces Early Vacation in Odisha
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha Government on Monday declared an early summer vacation for schools as the blistering conditions prevailing across the State showed no sign of a let-up while the predictions for
View ArticleOnset of Monsoon Over Kerala Likely to be Delayed by a Week
The southwest monsoon is likely to set over Kerala on June 7, says IMD The onset of the southwest monsoon over Kerala is likely to be delayed from the normal date of June 1, the weather office said, the
View ArticleDepression in Bay of Bengal, cyclonic storm likely in coastal districts of AP
Met officials predicted very heavy rainfall over coastal AP during the next 48 hours. Visakhapatnam: The deep depression over west-central and adjoining south-west Bay of Bengal moved nearly northwards
View ArticleImpact of the upper tropospheric cooling trend over Central Asia on the...
The Indian summer monsoon rainfall had a threedecade long alternate dry and wet epochs during about 150 years from 1840 to 1989. The dry epochs resulted in frequent drought monsoons affecting agriculture,
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