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Two children die in France as heatwave blasts EuropeTwo children were found dead in a car in France on Monday, believed casualties of a heatwave piling record temperatures and health warnings...
Flash flood in J&K Reasi: What is flash flooding and why is it so dangerous?A cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district triggered flash floods, damaging houses and disrupting life in the Bathoi area. This inc...
Each El Nino is unique, says WMO's climate prediction chiefEl Nino conditions are set to emerge by August, bringing extreme weather. This natural phenomenon will cause droughts in regions like West ...
Uttar Pradesh Rain News: Yellow alert in Ghaziabad, Noida; more rainfall likely in Lucknow, Kanpur as 104 killed due to thunderstorms, strong windsRain in Uttar Pradesh: Uttar Pradesh braces for more heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, and strong winds as the IMD issues orange alerts for Lu...
Uttar Pradesh viral video: Man flung several feet into the air during thunderstorm. WatchPowerful thunderstorms swept across Uttar Pradesh, causing widespread destruction. At least 89 people died in the severe weather. Prayagraj...
Rain, storms kill 121 in Afghanistan and Pakistan in two weeksAcross the border in Pakistan, 44 people were killed following heavy rains in the last weeks, officials said. At least 32 people died in th...
Extreme weather in Afghanistan leaves 17 people dead, authorities sayAfghanistan faces a deadly weather crisis. Recent floods, landslides, and thunderstorms have claimed 17 lives and injured 26 people. The ex...
Another deadly spell of rain in Spain? Malaga residents wrap cars in plastic and tie them to lamppostsDespite warnings of heavy rain, Malaga residents wrap their cars in plastic and tie them to lampposts to protect against severe flooding.
Dubai flood: Watch time lapse video of the massive storm that caused a record flood in one of the world's most arid regionSevere thunderstorms struck the UAE, flooding Dubai with a year and a half's worth of rain in hours. Traffic chaos and airport disruptions ...
India saw extreme weather events almost every day in first 9 months this year: ReportIn northwest India, Uttar Pradesh had the most extreme weather days at 113. Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, and Rajasthan w...
Tornado in eastern China kills 10, hundreds relocatedA tornado in eastern China has resulted in the death of 10 people and caused serious injuries to several others. The tornado affected over ...
Climate change fingerprints all over monsoon this year, say expertsBarring the cumulative rainfall over the country, this year's monsoon has been anything but normal and experts point to climate change as t...
Beijing rains heaviest since records began 140 years agoHeavy rains in Beijing over the weekend were the worst recorded since records began 140 years ago, according to the city’s weather service....
India lost over 1.3 lakh lives in disasters linked to extreme weather, climate change in 50 years: UN agencyThe WMO issued the new findings for the quadrennial World Meteorological Congress which opened in Geneva in Switzerland on Monday with a hi...
Extreme change in the air? Interest in climate resilience is growing among businessesBy April-end, more than two-thirds of India were reeling from a heatwave. At 15, the number of cyclonic disturbances in 2022 was higher tha...
Extreme weather events killed over 400 people in country during June-Aug, 1/3 deaths in Maharashtra: IMD dataAccording to a study published this year by senior meteorologists, including M Rajeevan, the former secretary of the Ministry of Earth Scie...
Europe flooding toll over 180 as rescuers dig deeperAlthough rain has stopped in the worst-affected areas of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, storms and downpours have persisted in other...
2018 sixth-warmest year in India, says IMDIMD said annual mean surface air temperature (averaged over the country) during the year was 0.41 degree Celsius above (1981-2010) average....
Nearly 1,400 people died due to extreme weather events in 2018: GovernmentThe year was also the sixth warmest year on record, M Rajeevan, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences said.
In 2017, India second worst in extreme weather deathsThe analysis shows that India had reported loss of over 73,000 human lives in past 20 years (1998-2017) due to extreme weather events.