Scary scenes of mountains rolling down in Himachal -- a wake-up call

Vishal Gulati | August 20, 2023 1:16 PM

Shimla, Aug 20 (IANS) Scary scenes of mountains rolling down, dams flooded, rivers gobbling up road networks, sweeping away hutments, villages submerged and thousands of people stranded in low-lying area have been coming out from the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh after relentless monsoon fury -- an unprecedented phenomenon and a wake-up call too.

From drought to floods, frequency of extreme weather rising in K'taka

M.K. Ashoka | August 20, 2023 12:59 PM

Bengaluru, Aug 20 (IANS) When Bengaluru received unprecedented rainfall from August 30 to September 4 in 2022, the IT city sank under its crumbling infrastructure. The photos and videos of CEO’s, tech company employees reaching their offices on tractors, JCB’s and families evacuated in boats made international headlines.

Uneven distribution of rainfall affects crop yields across NE states

Sujit Chakraborty | August 20, 2023 12:55 PM

Guwahati/Agartala, Aug 20 (IANS) Manipur and Mizoram witnessed deficient monsoon rainfall due to the lack of rain-bearing clouds and monsoon troughs from the Bay of Bengal while the remaining northeastern states, including Himalayan state Sikkim, recorded normal rainfall since June when the monsoon period started.