New Delhi: Summer showers lashed the capital again on Saturday evening bringing relief to residents troubled by searing heat for the past few days. The maximum was recorded at 40.3 degrees Celsius, one degree above normal and down from Friday's 42.6 degrees Celsius. However, the temperature fell below 30 degrees after the rains in the evening. The minimum was recorded at 25.2 degrees Celsius. The city had received some rains...
07:29 PM, May 12, 2012
New Delhi: India is expected to receive normal monsoon for the third consecutive year, Earth Sciences Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh announced on Thursday. The June-September rainfall is expected to be 99 per cent of the long-term average, Deshmukh said during a press conference. India's chief monsoon forecaster D Sivananda Pai, however, said that there was possibility of El Nino weather conditions developing in the central equatorial Pacific Ocean, which are usually...
06:44 PM, Apr 26, 2012
Kolkata: Heavy thundershowers woke Kolkata on Friday morning. In fact, overnight rains have left several parts of the city waterlogged. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has been working to drain out the water. While the showers have stopped for the time being, the MET predicts more rainfall through the day. The weather condition is unusual for this time of the year and the MET cites the reason as a depression over...
10:17 AM, Apr 06, 2012
Delhi witnessed heavy rains for the third consecutive day, leading to water logging in many areas. ...
09:22 PM, Aug 12, 2011
New Delhi: The country will get a normal monsoon this year, according to first official monsoon forecast for this year. Forecast on the onset dates will be out next month. The Met department said that the monsoons this year will be on time, and normal, a news that will have India rejoicing. Earth Sciences Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said, Monsoon will be normal at 98 per cent of average. Monsoon...
04:31 PM, Apr 19, 2011
New Delhi: India's south-west monsoon is likely to be normal for the second straight year in 2011, weather officials said on Monday, raising hopes of higher farm output that could help the government tame high food prices. The monsoon acts as a lifeline for India's farm-dependent economy, which is also the world's leading producer and consumer of several key commodities such as sugar, grains, oilseeds and cooking oils. "There is...
02:11 PM, Mar 07, 2011
London: Scientists triggered 52 downpours last year in Abu Dhabi's eastern Al Ain region using technology designed to control weather. Most downpours occurred at the peak of summer in July and August when there were normally no rains. People in Abu Dhabi were baffled by the rainfall, which sometimes turned into hail and included gales and lightning. The scientists were working secretly for United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa bin...
05:08 PM, Jan 03, 2011
Hyderabad: Heavy rains in coastal Andhra Pradesh during the last four days have claimed 25 lives so far, with five more deaths reported on Wednesday, forcing Chief Minister K Rosaiah to ask Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for central assistance. "At least six districts received 1,000-times excess rainfall during last four days, causing widespread damage to houses and crops. As many as 1,018 villages were inundated and 600,000 people were affected...
12:21 PM, Nov 04, 2010
Srinagar: The higher reaches of Kashmir received the first snowfall of the season on Friday while the rest of the Valley was lashed by heavy rains leading to a drop in temperatures. "It is snowing in Gulmarg, Pahalgam, Anantnag, Kulgam, Shopian and Qazigund areas of the Valley. In Gulmarg, three inches of snow have accumulated since morning," weather department officials said. This is the first snowfall of the season in...
03:25 PM, Oct 22, 2010
New Delhi: Eight more persons died on Wednesday as unrelenting rains wreaked havoc in northern India where major rivers swelled dangerously causing flooding in several areas and Army called in for relief and rescue operations in Haryana. Four were killed and 'Chardham Yatra' was halted as heavy rains lashed Uttarakhand, paralysing normal life with most of the rivers flowing at danger level. Two children were killed when their house collapsed...
08:01 AM, Sep 09, 2010
Delhi mayor got a taste of the traffic terror as the city remained stranded on roads for several hours due to heavy water-logging and rain. ...
09:56 PM, Aug 25, 2010
The fury of floods was also witnessed in Ahmedabad where 4 people died in a temple wall collapse. ...
06:41 PM, Aug 08, 2010
The Airbus A321 crashed into hills overlooking Islamabad during stormy weather on Wednesday, killing all 152 people on board. ...
11:21 AM, Jul 30, 2010
With temperature hovering at 48 degrees, people are left with no option but to pray. ...
10:48 AM, Jul 23, 2010
India's annual monsoon rains were 11.1 percent below normal for June 1-23, according to weather office sources. ...
12:00 PM, Jun 24, 2010
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