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Cloudy weather in Delhi; rain in next 4-5 days to keep temp normal

Cloudy weather and a few sporadic spells of light rain are predicted in Delhi on Wednesday and the next four to five days, which will keep the air clean and temperatures within comfortable levels in the national capital. The Safdarjung Observatory, Delhi's primary weather station, recorded a minimum temperature of 23.8 degrees Celsius on Wednesday morning. The maximum temperature is likely to settle around 34 degrees Celsius. The air quality index (AQI) stood at 195 (moderate category) at 10 am. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), a low pressure area lies over west-central Bay of Bengal. A trough runs from the cyclonic circulation associated with the low pressure area to northwest Uttar Pradesh in lower tropospheric levels. Mahesh Palawat, vice president (meteorology and climate change), Skymet Weather, said the weather system could lead to rains in Delhi-NCR between October 5 and October 10. The IMD forecast showed generally cloudy weather in the capital and a

Monsoon season ends on a high, India records 6% surplus rain: IMD

The rains which started on a moderate note in the month of June is however not expected to go away in a hurry and as per the latest forecast by India Meteorological Department (IMD)

Indian monsoon season ends with 7% excess rainfall, says IMD

The southwest monsoon season comes to an end on Friday with the country receiving seven per cent excess showers, but the rice-growing states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand reported deficient rains having a direct impact on the farm output. Though the country as a whole has received excess rainfall, the distribution has been uneven with the desert state of Rajasthan reporting 36 per cent more rains than normal and the north-east region, which witnesses copious showers, receiving deficit rainfall. Tamil Nadu, which usually receives rains during the north-east monsoon season beginning October, received 477.3 mm rainfall, which was 47 per cent excess of the normal of 323.6 mm for the south-west monsoon season. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the south-west monsoon season begins on June 1 and ends on September 30. The rainfall during October is recorded as post-monsoon rains. The southwest monsoon entered the withdrawal phase on September 20 and as of Thursda

Climate change responsible for intensifying Hurricane Ian's rainfall by 10%

Climate change added at least 10% more rain to Hurricane Ian, a study prepared immediately after the storm shows. Thursday's research, which is not peer-reviewed, compared peak rainfall rates during the real storm to about 20 different computer scenarios of a model with Hurricane Ian's characteristics slamming into the Sunshine State in a world with no human-caused climate change. The real storm was 10% wetter than the storm that might have been," said Lawrence Berkeley National Lab climate scientist Michael Wehner, study co-author. Forecasters predicted Ian will have dropped up to two feet (61 cm) of rain in parts of Florida by the time it stopped. Wehner and Kevin Reed, an atmospheric scientist at Stony Brook University, published a study in Nature Communications earlier this year looking at the hurricanes of 2020 and found during their rainiest three-hour periods they were more than 10% wetter than in a world without greenhouse gases trapping heat. Wehner and Reed applied the sa

India's climate change takes a toll on the dragonflies, says report

The report also states that the dragonflies generally have a short life span of about a few weeks only

18 die in rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh in 2 days, says govt

As many as 18 people died in rain-related incidents and after falling into a borewell in Uttar Pradesh in the last two days, the state government said in a statement here on Saturday. Five people died due to heavy rains. This includes two in Muzaffarnagar, and one each in Fatehpur, Aligarh and Gorakhpur, it said. Seven people died after being struck by lightning. This includes three in Prayagraj, and one each in Chandauli, Sitapur, Aligarh and Hardoi. One person each died in Fatehpur, Agra and Amethi due to drowning, the statement said. While two people died in Mathura after falling into a borewell, one person died in Sultanpur due to a snakebite, it said. According to the directions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the kin of the deceased have been given financial assistance of Rs 4 lakh, the statement said. Amid heavy rains in the state, 67 teams are engaged in relief and rescue operations in 44 districts in view of the danger of floods, it said. The chief minister has issue

36 dead in north India in 24 hours due to hazardous rainfall and lightning

In the past year, there has been a 34 per cent increase in lightning strikes in India, which has thereby led to an increase in the number of deaths

Incessant rainfall in Punjab may damage Kharif crops, say experts

Incessant rain at many places in Punjab may cause damage to Kharif crops, especially paddy and cotton, farm experts said on Saturday. Besides delaying harvesting of crops, the untimely rain will not only affect the yield but also quality of crop, they said. Rain lashed parts of Punjab and Haryana, leading to a dip in the mercury by a few notches. Rain was witnessed in Punjab's Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala, Mansa, Fatehgarh Sahib, Sangrur, Amritsar and Bathinda and Haryana's Kaithal, Kurukshetra, Karnal, Ambala and Sonipat, according to the Metrological Department here. According to farm experts, the untimely rain, if it continues for a few more days, will hit both paddy and cotton crops. "Rain at this stage if it continues for two-three days will affect the kharif crops. It will affect yield and quality of paddy crop which is at the harvesting stage," said Punjab Agriculture Department Director Gurwinder Singh. Farm experts fear that rain accompanied by wind can lead to flattening o

Traffic snarls in parts of Delhi as rain continues to batter for third day

Traffic snarls were reported from different parts of the national capital on Saturday as rain continued to lash the city for the third consecutive day. The Delhi Traffic Police has advised commuters to plan their journey accordingly. It tweeted, "As per IMD report 'light to moderate intensity rain would occur over Delhi and adjoining areas'. Commuters are advised to plan their journey accordingly." "Traffic is heavy on Road No 51 in the carriageway from Majlis Park towards Azadpur due to pothole. Kindly avoid the stretch," it said in another tweet. Traffic is heavy on Rohtak Road in the carriageway from Mundka towards Nangloi due to waterlogging at Rajdhani Park Metro Station. Kindly avoid the stretch, it tweeted. Traffic is heavy on Nangloi Najafgarh Road in the carriageway from Najafgarh towards Nangloi due to pothole near Banke Bihari Sweets. Kindly avoid the stretch, it said in one of the tweets. Some commuters posted on social media that the traffic was heavy in Azadpur area

Heavy rainfall affects normal life in Gurugram, leads to waterlogging

More than six hours of rainfall on Thursday led to heavy water logging and a flood-like situation on multiple stretches and areas in Gurugram

Portion of road caves in, massive traffic snarls as rains pound Delhi

A portion of a road caved in as incessant spell of light to moderate rain drenched Delhi for the second consecutive day on Thursday leading to waterlogging and uprooting of trees that caused massive traffic snarls in many parts of the capital. The weather department has issued a 'yellow' alert for Friday, cautioning people about moderate rain at most places in the city. The continuous downpour through the day caused a chock-a-block situation on various intersections and key stretches of the city, sending the traffic haywire. The rains also led to a sharp spike in cab and autorickshaw fares, as they manned their vehicles through waterlogged roads and obstructions caused by uprooted trees. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi received three complaints related to waterlogging from Fatehpur Beri, Sangam Vihar, Tikri Kala village, while there were seven complaints pertaining to uprooting of trees. The Delhi Traffic Police helpline said they received 23 calls related to traffic jam, seven

Recent rains in J'hand, Bihar to salvage kharif paddy production loss: IARI

Recent good rains in Jharkhand, Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh will save the paddy crop and arrest to some extent the anticipated loss in India's rice output in this Kharif season, according to the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) Director A K Singh. In its first estimate, the Agriculture Ministry has pegged a 6 per cent drop in the rice production at 104.99 million tonnes in the Kharif season of the 2022-23 crop year (July-June), from over the year-ago period. Paddy is the main Kharif (summer) crop, sowing of which had begun with the onset of the Southwest Monsoon in June and harvesting starts next month. Speaking to PTI, IARI Director A K Singh said the lag in paddy sowing due to poor rains in a few states has been a cause of concern. Fortunately in the last few days, there have been good rains in eastern UP, Bihar and Jharkhand. This has come as a great relief to farmers as at this particular time water is required for the long-duration paddy varieties crop, he ...

Delhi records minimum temperature of 24.6 deg C, light rain likely

The minimum temperature in Delhi on Tuesday settled at 24.6 degrees Celsius and the weather office has forecast cloudy skies with light rain or drizzle later in the day. The relative humidity at 8:30 am was recorded at 93 per cent, as per data shared by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). From 8:30 am on Monday to 8:30 am on Tuesday, the city received 6.5 mm of rainfall. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast generally cloudy skies with light rain later in the day. The maximum temperature is expected to settle around 33 degrees Celsius. The minimum and maximum temperatures on Wednesday are likely to settle at 24 degrees Celsius and 32 degrees Celsius respectively, according to the IMD forecast. Delhi's air quality index (AQI) was recorded in the 'moderate' (158) category around 9:15 am, Central Pollution Control Board data showed. An AQI between zero and 50 is considered 'good', 51 and 100 'satisfactory', 101 and 200 'moderate', 201 and 300 'poor', 301 and

Paddy sowing deficit narrows to 4.52%; southwest monsoon may remain strong

The Centre expects rice production in the kharif season to drop by 4-5 million tonnes from last year.

Delhi records lowest temperature in a month, says IMD; know more here

According to an official of the weather department, the decline in temperature was owing to the fact that the city witnessed 4.1 mm a day ago

Climate Change intensified rain that fueled Pakistan floods, heatwave

In addition to the rainfall, a heat wave in India and Pakistan earlier this year, also fueled by climate change, worsened the flooding that left a third of Pakistan under water, the scientists found.

Bengaluru rains: How bad infra took Indian Silicon Valley under the weather

The flood on August 30, which brought parts of Bengaluru to its knees, led to a loss of about Rs 225 crore in a single day

Delayed onset, withdrawal of monsoon: Time for farming in India to adjust?

If the monsoon withdrawal is again delayed this year, this would mean that for the second straight year, the southwest monsoon isn't leaving the country on time

Lakes remain thirsty even as Bengaluru drowned, say activists and experts

The torrential rain in the city that flooded the houses and offices of tech honchos and turned roads into rivers of sorts could not fill most lakes, thanks to the land mafia who turned the feeder canals of these water bodies into a sewerage drain and diverted their flow, environmentalists said. This mischief by the land sharks in connivance with some vested interests in various civic agencies and in the government led to the death of lakes in the city, Leo Saldanha, coordinator of Environment Support Group alleged. Benglauru, which the British rulers had called as a 'City of thousand lakes' for having over 1,600 lakes, has about 400 water bodies today in the Bengaluru metropolitan region. "Those lakes which disappeared gave way for residential layouts, bus stands, bus terminals and tech parks. Sadly, those 400 lakes are also on the verge of destruction," Saldanha told PTI. Citing the example of Subrahmanyapura Lake in South Bengaluru, he said it has reduced to a cesspool and is cho

Odisha receives downpour as depression forms over Bay of Bengal

With a well-marked low-pressure area over west-central and adjoining north-west Bay of Bengal intensifying into a depression, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday forecast heavy rainfall across Odisha. The system is about 20km northwest of Gopalpur and is likely to move west-northwestwards across south Odisha and Chhattisgarh during the next 24 hours before it weakens, the IMD said. Several parts of Odisha had already been witnessing rainfall activities since Saturday. Senior weather scientist US Dash said Odisha has received widespread showers due to the low pressure, with Dhenkanal recording 114 mm rainfall till 5.30 am of Sunday, followed by 106 mm in Koraput. The Regional Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar, has issued advisories for the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, asking the administration to make arrangements to drain out excess water. It also urged people to check for road conditions and traffic congestion before leaving homes. Both the cities are