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Relentless rains submerge Australian towns for second time in a month

Heavy rains deluged Australia's east coast on Wednesday, submerging roads and bridges, while tens of thousands fled their homes for the second time within weeks

Australia's New South Wales issues fresh flood warnings, evacuation orders

Just as flood waters from record rainfall in Australia's eastern states began to recede, a return of extreme weather has renewed warnings for recovering residents.

TN, Puducherry, Karaikal may receive heavy rainfall from March 3-5: IMD

The well marked low pressure area over central parts of south Bay of Bengal and adjoining equatorial Indian Ocean is likely to concentrate into a depression by tomorrow

Heavy, very heavy rainfall likely in Tamil Nadu on Mar 3, 4, says IMD

The India Meteorological Department(IMD) on Wednesday forecast heavy to very heavy rains for Tamil Nadu and neighbouring areas owing to a low pressure area likely to intensify into depression.

IMD predicts severe cold day conditions in UP; rainfall likely in Delhi

India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted cold day to severe cold day conditions in isolated pockets over Uttar Pradesh during the next 2 days and over Punjab and Bihar during the next 24 hours.The weather forecasting department said that dense/very dense fog conditions are likely in isolated/some parts in night/morning hours over Uttar Pradesh during next 3 days and over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi during next 2 days."Cold Day to Severe Cold Day Conditions very likely in isolated pockets over Uttar Pradesh during next 2 days and over Punjab and Bihar during next 24 hours and abate thereafter," IMD tweeted."Dense/Very Dense Fog Conditions likely in isolated/some parts in night/morning hours over UP \during next 3 days; over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, Bihar, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Assam, Tripura during next 2 days and over Odisha on 08th & 09th February," it added.IMD also predicted rainfall with thunderstorms an lightning over Punjab, ...

At 88.2 mm, Delhi logs highest January rainfall in 122 years

Before this, the capital recorded 79.7 mm of rainfall in 1989 and 73.7 mm in 1953, the IMD data showed

At 88.2 mm, Delhi records highest January rainfall since 1950: IMD

A spell of rain late Saturday night brought Delhi's cumulative precipitation this January to 88.2 mm, which is the highest in the month since 1950, according to IMD

Delhi at 69.8 mm receives highest rainfall in January since 1995

Delhi has received 69.8 mm rainfall in January this year so far -- the exact amount the city had received in the first month of 1995 -- data from the Safdarjung Observatory said

Rainfall in Delhi, northwest India but not on Jan 26, dense fog likely: IMD

IMD, as part of its extended range forecast issued for the period January 20 to February 2, predicted rainfall in the run up to January 26 but not on that Republic Day itself.

Wet spell over northwest, adjoining central India from Jan 21: IMD

Light/moderate rainfall/snowfall over the Western Himalayan region is likely between January 21 to 23, IMD predicted.

Unseasonal rain, hailstorms hit crops in Maharashtra; many houses damaged

Crops grown on more than 28,000 hectares of land bore the brunt of unseasonal rain and hailstorms in Maharashtra's Nagpur division in the last few days, officials said on Thursday.

Economy goes down when number of days with extreme rainfall go up: Study

A study by a team of Potsdam scientists found that economic growth goes down when the number of wet days and days with extreme rainfall go up

IMD predicts enhanced rainfall over east, central India till Jan 14

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday warned of an enhanced rainfall, thunderstorms activity over east and adjoining central India till January 14.

Delhi, adjoining areas of NCR witness rain for second consecutive day

Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR) witnessed rain on Sunday morning for the second consecutive day.The national capital and adjoining areas of NCR are expected to receive light intensity to moderate rain."Light intensity rain/drizzle to moderate rain would occur over and adjoining areas of isolated places of North Delhi, South-East Delhi, NewDelhi, Lodi road, East-Delhi, Yamunanagar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panipat, Gohana, Gannaur, Sonipat, Rohtak, Panipat, Rajound, Kharkhoda, Jhajjar (Haryana) Gangoh, Shamli, Kandhla, Khatauli, Sakoti Tanda, Baraut, Daurala, Modinagar (U.P.) during the next 2 hours," said Regional Weather Forecasting Centre (RWFC), New Delhi.Meanwhile, after the continuous rain for the past two days, the city's air quality improved from 'moderate' category to 'satisfactory' on Sunday with the Air Quality Index (AQI) standing at 90, as per System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR)-India.The air quality of Noida remains in the 'moderate' ...

Delhi witnesses highest single-day rainfall for January in 22 years

Delhi recorded its highest rainfall in a day for January in 22 years on Saturday, yielding the city's best air quality in over two months

Delhi witnesses best air quality after months as heavy rain lashes city

Delhi's air quality improved from 'poor' category to 'moderate' with Air Quality Index (AQI) standing at 132 as the capital city and its adjoining areas witnessed heavy rainfall and thunderstorm

Light rain today in Delhi-NCR, cloudy sky to remain throughout the say: IMD

In its latest forecast on Friday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that Delhi-NCR is likely to receive light rain or drizzle, with a generally cloudy sky throughout the day.

IMD predicts light rain over Delhi, parts of Haryana, UP today

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday predicted light rain over parts of Delhi, Harayana and Uttar Pradesh in the next few hours.IMD, in a tweet, said, "09:40 IST; Very light to light intensity rain/drizzle would occur over and adjoining areas of isolated places of Delhi (Mundka ). Light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of Yamunanagar (Haryana). Saharanpur, Gangoh, Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Kandhla, Khatauli (U.P.) during the next 2 hours."The rain is likely to improve the air quality of the national capital which is in the "very poor" category with an overall Air Quality Index (AQI) at 368 presently.According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), high winds and intermittent rains is expected to improve AQI significantly to the "lower end of very poor" through strong dispersion and wet deposition.As cold wave conditions prevail in northern India, New Delhi recorded 10.8 degrees Celsius at 8:30 am today.

North India to receive normal precipitation during Jan to March: IMD

The rainfall during January to March, averaged over north India, is most likely to be normal

Continuous, heavy rainfall causes waterlogging in several parts of Chennai

Continuous and heavy rainfall over the past few days led to waterlogging in several parts of Chennai on Saturday.