Keen to act as a “bridge” between developing and developed nations at the UN climate summit in Cancun beginning on Monday, India has offered two proposals on the issues of monitoring of national emissions cuts and sharing of green technologies with poorer countries. “We need to be practical and cannot remain frozen and should engage […]
Normal life was affected for the second day on Wednesday in Tamil Nadu and neighbouring Puducherry due to heavy rains, even as the weather office predicted more downpour for the next two days. “Even though the well-marked low pressure over Bay of Bengal moved towards a westerly direction, isolated heavy to very heavy rain would […]
Copious rains, brought by cyclonic storm ‘Jal’, on Sunday disrupted normal life in Chennai and in other parts of Tamil Nadu inundating low-lying areas, while two persons were killed in rain-related incidents. Over 10,000 families living in low lying areas in the city have been accommodated in community halls and schools. Chennai corporation authorities have […]
The severe cyclonic storm Jal, which remained stationary at about 650 kms from Chennai, would intensify further and cross the Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh coast on Sunday night, regional weather office said on Saturday “Jal remained practically stationary and lay centered at about 500 kms east-northeast of Trinconamalee (Sri Lanka), 650 kms east-southeast of […]
Taking Delhiites by surprise, dust storm and rains hit the national capital Friday evening throwing traffic out of gear due to waterlogging and fallen trees in some areas. The city received six mm of showers in less than an hour till 5:30 pm, while the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 33.5 and 21.8 […]
Thousands of people sheltered in evacuation centres as Typhoon Megi dumped heavy rains across the Philippines’ main island on Tuesday, a day after the ferocious storm took 10 lives. Schools were suspended in the capital Manila and other parts of Luzon island amid fears of flash floods, while rescue workers tried to reach villagers stranded […]
The monsoon rainfall this year has broken a 37-year-old record in Dehradun and is headed to break the 39-year-old record as well, officials said on Thursday. The city has so far received 2678 mm of rainfall since 1st June and is just short of 85 mm from the 1971s record when 2763 mm of rainfall […]
Monsoon continues to remain active in north India with light to heavy rainfall drenching some of the states. Torrential rain hampered the normal life in Uttarakhand today including Char-Dham Yatra route. AIR correspondent reports that many other highways and link roads are blocked at different places due to landslide following heavy rain. Widespread rain lashed […]
Heavy rains continued to lash the national capital on Monday, resulting in waterlogging and traffic snarls at several places across the city. The Met office said the city received 18 mm of rainfall between 8:30 AM on Sunday and 8:30 AM on Monday. The rains brought with it the usual problems of waterlogging and traffic […]
The State Emergency Service (SES) on Saturday are evacuating homes in and around Ballarat of state Victoria, as heavy rain falls across the Australia’s state. Floodwater has covered many major roads in central and north- eastern Victoria, including several places along the Hume Highway. Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Dean Stewart said the heaviest rainfall was […]
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