Earthquake of magnitude 5.3 on the Richter scale on Sunday hit the Ladakh region. According to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), the quake occurred at 10.54 am at a depth of 10 kilometers. The tremor lasted for a few seconds.
Many places in Himachal Pradesh continued to shiver at sub-zero temperatures on Friday, while the capital city Shimla woke up to a sunny morning. This dip in the temperature led to blocking of over 900 roads in the state.
The India Meteorological Department has issued code red warning for the cold wave conditions for Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, and amber-colour warning for Madhya Pradesh for Sunday. The cold wave was not expected to relent until the New Year.
The region had last recorded such levels on October 5. Most of the 37 air quality monitoring stations in Delhi recorded AQI in the "satisfactory" category. Pusa registered the best AQI of 64.
Severe cyclonic storm Maha is likely to make landfall along Gujarat coast between Dwarka and Diu on the night of November 6 and bring heavy to very heavy rains till the next day, the India Meteorological Department said on Sunday. It is likely to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm in the next six hours before making landfall, it added.
The India Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rains throughout this week for most parts of the state. The Kodagu district administration has declared an orange alert till October 23 and a yellow alert till October 24, official sources said.
The cyclone will cause strong winds with speed reaching 30-40 kmph gusting to 50 kmph along and off the Gujarat coast during next 12 hours which will decrease thereafter.
While the city received some showers late Wednesday night, it remained almost dry on Thursday. The school education minister Ashish Shelar's order for closure of schools and colleges issued late Wednesday night also remained ineffective, as several educational institutions in the city and suburbs remained open.
Water-logging was observed in the areas near King Circle railway station and Gandhi Market in India. Mumbai police had issued a warning regarding heaving rainfall and requested the public to take precaution on Tuesday.
Heavy rainfall will lash many parts of Odisha during the next four days with a fresh low-pressure area building up over the Bay of Bengal, a MeT official said here Tuesday. Odisha has been battered by heavy downpour triggered by three low-pressure areas formed earlier this month over the Bay of Bengal.
The IMD has forecast isolated heavy to very heavy and extremely heavy rain in eastern Rajasthan in the next 48 hours, and in western Madhya Pradesh and north Gujarat in the next 24 hours.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday issued a 'red alert' in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada coastal district for the next 48 hours due to the havoc wreaked by heavy monsoon rains and gusty winds.
A mild tremor lasting for a few seconds was felt in the city, neighbouring Howrah district and its surrounding areas on Saturday evening, an official of India Meteorological Department said.
The maximum and minimum temperatures recorded on Saturday were 32.5 degrees Celsius and 25.4 degrees Celsius respectively, both two notches below normal.
Mumbaikars woke up to an intense downpour on Saturday morning, which caused trouble for the locals as parts of the city have been flooded and railway tracks have submerged. Severe waterlogging is being reported from the city and its adjacent areas affecting the road, rail and air traffic. Due to heavy rainfall and waterlogging at Ambernath, train services have been hit.
Mahalaxmi Express has been held up between Badlapur and Vangani near Mumbai due to incessant rains on Saturday morning with around 700 passengers on board, DRM Central Railways said. Navy chopper and NDRF have been deployed rescue boats are deployed for the rescue operation.
With the southwest monsoon set to intensify in Kerala over the next few days, the India Meteorological Department has sounded a red alert in districts of the state.
Floods, as much as droughts, are a common occurrence in India, more prominently during the southwest monsoon season -- from June to September -- and the northeast monsoon season -- from October to November.
Car washed away in flood water in Chhattisgarh (watch video)
Precautionary measures have been taken by the Gujarat government and over three lakh people living in low-lying areas and thatched houses in the coastal districts have been evacuated because of Vayu
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