HYDERABAD: With deficit rainfall last monsoon, the city is likely to experience a major water crisis this summer. With Osmansagar and Himayatsagar having enough water to serve the twin cities only till May, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water ...

S. Pai. The department is holding La Nina, a coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon, for aiding good monsoon rains this year. "This year has been a La Nina year and it is in its peak. And from the earlier observation, we have seen that the ...

What seems to be loading the dice in favour of a cold winter is La Nina - a phenomenon better known in India for aiding good monsoon rains. "Some dynamical climate models are showing a link between La Nina and below-normal temperatures in India ...

Before every monsoon, 62-year-old Suresh Hotkar’s big concern is finding a good flat for his family. The reason: His 2BHK in Kalina gets flooded whenever it pours. The Hotkars shift out of their own house and live in a rented flat for three to ...

JAI NAGAR (BIHAR): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said that he would request the premier of Nepal Dr Baburam Bhattarai to take measures so that the rivers flowing from the Himalyan country did not flood the state during monsoon.

Heavy and persistent rain across the Malay peninsula caused flash flooding in southern provinces of Thailand on Monday and Tuesday last week. The deluge was caused by the combined effect of the north-east monsoon in the Gulf of Thailand and a low press...

The retired government employee, who settled in Shimla in 1955, says till the 1990s, heavy rainfall during the monsoon was a normal feature of the town. "There used to be heavy rainfall during monsoon and it continued for days together. From June onwar...

KOLKATA: Kolkatans woke up to an overcast sky resembling monsoon on Friday. A sharp spell of rain followed, making people wonder if this was indeed the peak of winter. Even meteorologists said rain at this time of the year was very uncommon and ...

It is aimed at better prediction through improved dynamic numerical model The Union Cabinet is likely to give its final approval for a national mission to try and improve the accuracy of monsoon forecasts by this month-end. This was stated by Secretary...

Even though the district witnessed light showers in the beginning of October, loss of crop is inevitable. Agriculture department officials indicated that shortage of rainfall would have a huge bearing on the yield this season. Officials disclosed ...

BANGKOK, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Residents in some part of south Thailand were ordered to evacuate immediately from ravaging and expanding floods Sunday night, following days of heavy downpours triggered by seasonal monsoon. Songkla, Narathiwa, Phatthalung ...

It is normal to record a higher spring tide during the north-east monsoon and the difference is mainly due to meteorological factors largely due to strong or prolonged winds,' a spokesman said. A spring tide occurs when the moon is full or new ...

The tropical low had been tipped to reform as a cyclone and hit parts of Cape York, but the weather bureau says it will remain a monsoonal low. The low reached the western coast of Cape York Peninsula, 45 kilometres north-northwest of Pormpuraaw, late ...

KOCHI: Not many days have passed since the monsoon receded, but Kochi has already been gripped by water shortage. And most of the city councilors are a worried lot as they believe that except for central Ernakulam, the city would face severe ...

In a statement, the agency said a monsoon surge was currently affecting the region and bringing cloudy conditions with occasional light to moderate rain to Singapore. The monsoon surge was expected to intensify and bring intermittent moderate to heavy ...

However, sources in the government said that the kharif yield of onion could be 50 per cent less than last year’s output in Karnataka and 20 per cent less than in Maharashtra and Gujarat. But higher late kharif and rabi yields would ma­ke up for the...

PRINT EMAIL Photo: Peter Biro/The International Rescue Committee Burmese migrants caught in Thai floods BANGKOK, 8 November 2011 (IRIN) - While the Burmese government has re-opened a key border checkpoint between Thailand and Myanmar to acco...

PRINT EMAIL Photo: Courtesy of the Thai Red Cross Phichit Province was the hardest hit BANGKOK, 14 September 2011 (IRIN) - Authorities in Thailand are preparing for more monsoon flooding, with 23 of the kingdom's 76 provinces already affect...

By Rob Miller, Senior Meteorologist Jun 12, 2011; 7:18 AM ET Vehicles and pedestrians find their way through a waterlogged street as it rains in Mumbai, India, Saturday, June 11, 2011. Heavy rains continued to lash the city for the third consecut...

SALALAH — Preparations are now under way in Dhofar Governorate for the Khareef or monsoon season which climatically begins on June 21 and continues till September 22 every year. The Office of the Minister of State and Governor of Dhofar, represented...

By Rob Miller, Senior Meteorologist Jun 4, 2011; 3:05 PM ET "...the early season rains could lead to flooding across the region." The rainy season in India is off to a fast start across western and central parts of the nation. Torrential rain an...

               “This is the fifth special monsoon article of 2011 and it will follow many more monsoon article” Monsoon to begin during the first week of July in Pakistan Monsoon season is the annual rainy season in Pakistan. The country depends heavily on these monsoon for its agricultural and water needs. The ...

(Wiley-Blackwell) From the building of vast dams to conquering space, science has always taken human beings to the height of their ambition. Now, faced with a globally changing climate could Geoengineering provide an audacious solution? A special secti...

Bloomberg is reporting that "India's monsoon, which accounts for four-fifths of the ...

The Hindu Business Line is reporting that "almost 72 per cent of the Research Moored Array for ...

This photo was taken by Pawan Kumar(Reuters) at Lucknow in 2006. It ...