Partly cloudy sky in Delhi, thunderstorm likely
India | May 17, 2018, 01:43 PM ISTThe maximum temperature was expected to hover around 40.2 degrees Celsius.The humidity at 8.30 a.m. was 60 per cent.
The maximum temperature was expected to hover around 40.2 degrees Celsius.The humidity at 8.30 a.m. was 60 per cent.
To ensure minimum loss of life and property during the storm, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued directives to prepare for the situation.
After claiming 48 lives and leaving hundreds injured in six states, another bout of thunderstorm and dust storm are likely to hit parts of north-west india over the next 48 to 72 hours, the IMD has warned.
A severe weather warning has been issued for the western Himalayan region of Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh for Sunday and Monday.
According to the weather department, the national capital is likely to be unleashed with heavy rains that will be accompanied with strong winds this evening.
As many as 124 people lost their lives due to thunderstorm and lightning in five states earlier this week, the home ministry said quoting figures reported by the affected states.
Met department has forecast a normal monsoon for India this year. The department has said that there is 'very less probability' of deficient rains.
The pre-monsoon months this year - March, April and May - will be warmer than normal and the heat wave will hit 16 states, apart from Delhi, earlier due to various reasons, the IMD said.
An advisory by the agency said high-danger avalanche warning exists for avalanche-prone areas in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, while medium-danger avalanche warning exists for Kupwara and Bandipora districts in the state.
Breaking the nearly two-month long dry spell, rain lashed the plains of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday while moderate to heavy snowfall has been reported from the higher reaches.
Delhi has been witnessing chilly wintry mornings for the last couple of days, with cold waves intensifying in the region.
The Centre has denied declaring Cyclone Ockhi, which caused heavy damage of life and property in Kerala, as a national disaster.
Kolkatans today heaved a sigh of relief as the weather relented, with a deep depression that had triggered the downpour moving towards the western part of West Bengal
A forecast of heavy to very heavy rainfall at few places with extremely heavy rainfall in Raigad district adjoining Mumbai is expected in the next 24 hours, according to IMD Mumbai
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast "heavy to very heavy rains" in entire coastal Konkan region of Maharashtra, including Mumbai
Three persons, including two minors, were on Tuesday killed in two house collapse incidents in suburban Vikroli in the wake of torrential rains that lashed the megapolis
The occurrence of heart attacks increased with higher wind velocities, limited sunshine duration and higher air humidity.
A team of researchers from the US and China has warned about the disturbance being caused to the alpine grasslands in the Tibetan Plateau due to global warming, which threatens the ability of farmers and herders needed to maintain their animals, that
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