On May 14, heavy rainfall is likely over Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Assam and Meghalaya and Coastal and south interior Karnataka and Kerala
IMD said there will be "scattered to fairly widespread" rainfall and thunderstorm activities in northwest India for the next 36 hours
The met department has revised its monsoon onset and withdrawal dates over parts of India based on its extensive analysis of recent data
According to IMD, the snowfall or rainfall, and gusty wind is likely in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on March 10, 11 and 12
The national capital may also witness thunderstorms accompanied by lightning, hail and gusty wind on Wednesday and Thursday
The areas of Delhi, Haryana and Punjab are expected to get some relief from pollution as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted light to moderate rainfall in the next 48 hours."According to the information by IMD, in the next 24-48 hours, a fresh western disturbance from a low-pressure area in the Pakistan-Afghanistan region will approach northern areas of India, and can cause light to moderate rainfall in Delhi, Punjab and Haryana," Dr PK Sidhu, head of the Department of Climate Change and Agricultural Meteorology, Punjab Agricultural University, told ANI.She further stated that people who were suffering from breathing problems caused by pollution will also get mild relief.According to IMD, light rain or drizzle is also likely to occur in several areas of Delhi between November 25 to 27.Thunderstorm or hailstorm accompanied by lightning is also likely to take place at isolated places in Delhi, Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, ..
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The rainfall anomaly in the Kaveri basin is part of a larger trend where climate change results in spells of torrential rain interspersed with unusually dry periods
Till Sept 30 this year, India received 968.3 millimeters of rainfall as against a normal of 880.6 millimeters
Among major kharif growers, Karnataka, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh have received excess rains at 23-37 per cent above normal
Around 2,500 people were shifted to safer places in Baramati tehsil after water was released from the Nazare dam on the Karha river near Jejuri, district officials said
The monsoon delivers about 70% of India's annual rainfall and determines the yield of rice, wheat, sugarcane and oilseeds, such as soybeans
The weather forecasting agency also predicted that places over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Andaman, Nicobar Islands, Assam, and Meghalaya will also witness heavy downpour throughout the day
The southwest monsoon till first week of September has recorded its best performance since 2014, thereby receding drought fears
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Rice has been sown on 50 million hectares as on August 23, about 23% lower than area covered during same period last year
This was second consecutive month the country recorded above normal rainfall
The welcome recovery in July and August notwithstanding, rainfall has not been uniformly spread across regions and time
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