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Lucknow: Schools up to Class 8 to remain shut on Friday due to heavy rain and waterloggingDue to heavy rainfall and waterlogging, all schools in Lucknow district, from pre-primary to Class 8, will remain closed on August 8, 2025....
Assam flood crisis: Over 5.35 lakh affected across 22 districts, PM Modi offers supportAssam grapples with a severe flood situation affecting over 5.35 lakh people across 20 districts, prompting Prime Minister Modi to assure C...
Heavy rain causes floods in parts of Assam, 5 killed in landslidesIn Assam, incessant rain has triggered landslides, resulting in five fatalities in Kamrup Metropolitan district within 24 hours. Flooding h...
Argentina gets a month's worth of rain overnight: How climate change is making rare 50-year storms more frequentHeavy rains causing catastrophic floods in central Argentina, which killed 16 people, were partially driven by climate change and are likel...
Fog disrupts flight, train services in Delhi; AQI improvesDense fog in Delhi led to disruptions in train and flight services on Saturday morning, with visibility reduced substantially. The air qual...
Bengaluru, Hyderabad, others face surge in customer queries for water-related services: reportCities like Bengaluru and Hyderabad witness a surge in customer queries for water-related services amid severe water scarcity worsened by t...
Climate change threatens to reverse health gains: World Meteorological OrganizationA new report coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) highlights the impact of climate change on human health. The report...
Flood situation worsens in Assam, nearly 1.2 lakh people hitAccording to the daily flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), over 1,19,800 people were hit by the floods i...
Derecho: What is it and what makes it so harmful? Know about the destructive weather eventThe weather service reports that the derecho storms are more frequent during warmer weather, happening 70% of the time between May and Augu...
Chinese city dims lights in heatwave power crunchThe mercury has soared beyond 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in Sichuan province this week, fueling massive demand for air conditionin...
IMD to launch Urban Meteorological Services in 50 cities"We launched the Urban Meteorological Services for Delhi last year that gives localised weather readings. We plan to start similar service ...
Premature to attribute extreme heat in India to climate change but heatwaves more intense: WMOExtreme heat is gripping large parts of India and Pakistan, impacting hundreds of millions of people in one of the most densely populated p...
O rain gods, let rural appetite returnIrrigation and water storage capacity have not kept pace with crop demand. The farmer will have to make do with readings that Pacific and I...
China launches four satellites into planned orbitsThe satellites were launched by a Long March-2D rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in northern Shanxi Province at 11:03 am loc...
Experts suggest fiscal measures to boost demand amid pandemicThis targeting spending is also required for contact-based services that have borne the brunt of the pandemic since last year, economists s...
IMD launches weather app for real-time updates and warnings across IndiaCalled "Mausam", the app is aimed at the urban population and will provide realised weather features and forecasts for upto a week across t...
Customised weather forecast of tourist destinations soon: Harsh VardhanIMD would also start providing weather forecast at 6,000 block levels, expanding from 660 districts as of now, to make forecast more accura...