Ahmedabad, Aug 20 (IANS) As the nation grapples with the repercussions of increasingly erratic weather patterns, Gujarat finds itself at the forefront of this meteorological upheaval.
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The recent heavy rains in Uttarakhand, which resulted in multiple deaths and significant damage to infrastructure, can be attributed to the northward movement of the monsoon trough and its interaction with a weak western disturbance.
Rome, Aug 19 (IANS) Intense heatwaves and extreme weather that gripped Italy for most part of this year will cost farmers at least 6 billion euros ($6.5 billion), according to estimates from the country's main agricultural union.
Honolulu, Aug 18 (IANS) As the death toll from the Hawaii wildfires is still on the rise, the debate has got heated around whether sirens could have made a difference against the deadliest fires in modern US history.
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Government on Thursday launched the mobile application ‘FloodWatch’ with the aim of using mobile phones to disseminate information related to the flood situation and forecasts up to seven days on a real-time basis to the public.
Shimla, Aug 17 (IANS) Rescuers on Thursday retrieved a body when it resumed search operations on the fourth day in the Himachal Pradesh capital where a massive landslide washed away a Hindu temple. With this, the death toll rose to 14.
Shimla, Aug 17 (IANS) As Himachal Pradesh is battling the worst natural calamity in 50 years, civil society organisations and environmental activists have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider declaration of the situation as a national disaster or calamity of rare severity under the provisions of the Disaster Management Act of 2005.
Lucknow, Aug 16 (IANS) The water level of the Ganga river on Wednesday neared the danger mark at Narora barrage in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district, owing to incessant rain and inflow of water from Haridwar and the Bijnor Ganga Barrage.
Washington, Aug 16 (IANS) Amid criticism of his administration's response to the deadly wildfires in Hawaii's Maui Island that have killed at least 99 people so far, US President Joe Biden has vowed to visit the state "as soon as he can".
Chandigarh/Shimla, Aug 16 (IANS) Hundreds of villages in Punjab located along the swollen Satluj and Beas rivers were inundated on Wednesday with the opening of floodgates of the crucial Bhakra and Pong dams as the inflow in these reservoirs has alarmingly increased owing to torrential rains in its catchment, mainly Himachal Pradesh, in the past three days.
