Tornado with wind speed of 320 kmph killed at least 91 including 20 children in the US city of Oklahoma in the early morning hours today, 21st of May
North and Northwest India A Western Disturbance is expected over Jammu & Kashmir on Monday or Tuesday but will not have much impact downwards an
Come 15th of May, employees in government offices in Islamabad, Pakistan will not be able to take comfort in air-conditioners as Pakistan government has banned the use of air-conditioners in government offices and institutions under a move to conserve energy. The government has also introduced a summer dress code for these employees so that...
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Monsoon, the backbone of Indian agriculture, is expected to remain normal and on time this year. It will also be well-distributed across the country. Skymet revealed that the monsoon might be 103% of the long period average (LPA) of 89 cm for the four-month period from June to September. Normal monsoon prediction could give...
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Unseasonal rain in Andhra Pradesh during the last 48 hours has caused damage to maize crop in about 1703 hectares and more of the crop could be damaged as there are chances of further rain with hail in interiors of Andhra Pradesh including capital Hyderabad. Maize in the state is at grain maturation to...
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Dry weather during planting period is expected to drop sugar production in India second year on trot. The output is expected to fall by 6.5% to be around 24.6 million tones (mt) during this sugar year that starts on the 1st of October. The reason behind this fall is drought in key growing state...
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Further details are emerging in the damages caused by the hailstorm on 16th of March in Madhya Pradesh. According to a survey conducted by state revenue department of Madhya Pradesh government, crops in about 2,44,615 hectares of land in 3,190 villages of 31 districts were affected by rain, thunder-squalls and hailstorms that occurred between...
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Rain, snowfall, hailstorm, fog and cold wave during January this year caused a loss of rupees 1000 cr in the country. A report released by Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center at Aon Benfield revealed that 329 people died due to cold wave in India, Bangladesh and Nepal collectively during the winter weather...
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Who said global warming is all bad? A study which appeared in the ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Plus’ suggests, global warming could open up for the first ever chance to cruise through the Northwest Passage, which could translate into big savings in time and money for shippers and open up the...
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The crops in vegetative state and those that were harvested and kept outside faced the brunt of unexpected and untimely rainfall in some parts of AP on 15th, 16th and 17th of February. According to emerging reports, rabi crops in at least 12 districts of Andhra Pradesh were severely hit by this. Heavy rain...
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The record breaking widespread rainfall in northwest India in last two to three days has proven to be beneficial for wheat crop. The rainfall will sustain the much needed soil moisture in the root zone. Also it will help the farmers saving their inputs as they can now skip at least one irrigation cycle....
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A forecast of less rain in most of the agriculturally important north Indian states had put a lot of farmers into a state of worry. And sure enough, a rain deficit of about 40% was recorded in Haryana and Punjab. Seeing this, agriculturists had estimated that the rice and wheat production in 2013 will...
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