Slippery slopes: On the retreat of southwest monsoon
3 years, 2 months ago

Slippery slopes: On the retreat of southwest monsoon

The Hindu  

Even as the Southwest monsoon retreats along parts of northern Karnataka, Telangana, Odisha, Bengal and the northeastern States in October, it is leaving a trail of destruction in several districts. While the heaviest recent downpour has been reported from west Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, east Rajasthan and Uttarakhand, with as much as 31 cm in Sheopur on Monday, there has been very heavy rain in Kerala and Gangetic West Bengal. The recurrent bursts show that anomalies in precipitation over the State, spectacularly demonstrated by the inundation of idyllic towns in 2018 and by mudslides that killed many a year later, require a comprehensive adaptation plan. This year’s torrential rain in the State, which has killed at least 35 people so far, is causing alarm as large reservoirs in mountainous reaches start filling up fast, while the Northeast monsoon lies ahead.

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Amid weather extremes, India demands West up climate funding
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Amid weather extremes, India demands West up climate funding

Hindustan Times  

India is expected to reiterate its call for adequate climate finance from developed nations, including contributions running into trillions of dollars annually, as the UN Climate Change Conference began in Baku on Monday against the backdrop of unprecedented weather extremes that have battered India as well as the world, and new signs that the globe is on track for more …

Study finds rains that led to deadly Indian landslides were made worse by climate change
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Study finds rains that led to deadly Indian landslides were made worse by climate change

Associated Press  

BENGALURU, India — The heavy rains that resulted in landslides killing hundreds in southern India last month were made worse by human-caused climate change, a rapid analysis by climate scientists found Tuesday. The study by the World Weather Attribution, a group of scientists who use established climate models to quickly determine whether human-caused climate change played a part in extreme …

Study finds rains that led to deadly Indian landslides were made worse by climate change
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Study finds rains that led to deadly Indian landslides were made worse by climate change

The Independent  

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India Faces Severe Natural Disasters, Landslides and Heavy Rainfall Wreak Havoc | ABP News
5 months ago

India Faces Severe Natural Disasters, Landslides and Heavy Rainfall Wreak Havoc | ABP News

ABP News  

India is currently grappling with severe natural disasters. Meanwhile, the cloudbursts in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have triggered massive landslides, instilling fear among the residents. The heavy rainfall and resulting calamities are putting the nation's resilience to the test. Most parts of Himachal Pradesh have been affected by the heavy rains, and there is no immediate relief in sight as …

Devastating Floods in Himachal Pradesh Causes Extreme Weather Disasters | ABP News
5 months ago

Devastating Floods in Himachal Pradesh Causes Extreme Weather Disasters | ABP News

ABP News  

On one hand, floods are wreaking havoc in the plains, while the mountains are equally affected as heavy rains bring life to a halt. In Himachal Pradesh, a severe weather event unfolded on Wednesday night when cloudbursts occurred in three different areas. Climate change plays a pivotal role, as rising global temperatures lead to more extreme weather patterns, including intense …

A Year On, Pressure Mounts On Fragile Slopes As Himalayan States Brace for Intense Rain
5 months, 3 weeks ago

A Year On, Pressure Mounts On Fragile Slopes As Himalayan States Brace for Intense Rain

News 18  

A year after the disastrous floods hit North India, leaving a trail of destruction, the geologically fragile and ecologically sensitive Himalayan region is bracing for another season of intense rain. INDISCRIMINATE CONSTRUCTION ON FLOODPLAINS Geologists from HNB Garhwal University, University of Delhi, and Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad assessed the parts of the upper Beas river basin and its tributaries, …

Weather Bee | How unusual is the heavy rain flooding northeastern states
6 months ago

Weather Bee | How unusual is the heavy rain flooding northeastern states

Hindustan Times  

Almost all the eight states in India’s northeastern region have been affected by floods and landslides this monsoon season. An analysis of 2024 monsoon rain shows that four of the eight northeastern states — Meghalaya, Sikkim, Assam, and Nagaland — have more than 20% surplus over the LPA, which is IMD’s threshold for “excess” or “large excess” rain. In all …

Rain updates: Red alert for all northeastern states, floods wreak havoc in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh
6 months, 1 week ago

Rain updates: Red alert for all northeastern states, floods wreak havoc in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh

Hindustan Times  

The India Meteorological Department has issued a red alert for all northeastern states, predicting extremely heavy rain as severe flooding continues to cripple Assam and Arunachal Pradesh due to a rise in the water levels of the Brahmaputra river. The IMD has issued a red alert for all North eastern states, predicting extremely heavy rains, as severe flooding continues in …

Treat winter fires as a national warning
11 months, 1 week ago

Treat winter fires as a national warning

New Indian Express  

Two of India’s Himalayan states have reported an alarming level of forest fires right in the middle of winter. The 10,000-odd winter wildfires have left environmentalists perplexed, because the fire season usually begins mid-February and lasts till June, which means the worse is yet to come. Himachal Pradesh recorded 536 forest fires during November 2019-June 2020, which jumped to 5,280 …

India’s devastating monsoon season is a sign of things to come, as climate and poor planning combine
1 year, 3 months ago

India’s devastating monsoon season is a sign of things to come, as climate and poor planning combine

Associated Press  

BENGALURU, India — Sanjay Chauhan witnessed monsoon rains lash down over his home and farm in the Indian Himalayas this year with a magnitude and intensity he’s never experienced before. “I have not seen anything like this.” The devastation of this year’s monsoon season in India, which runs from June to September, has been significant: Local government estimates say that …

Watch | How climate change is affecting monsoon forecast and disaster management
1 year, 3 months ago

Watch | How climate change is affecting monsoon forecast and disaster management

The Hindu  

From delayed onsets marked by intense dry spells, to devastating flash floods and destructive landslides, the monsoon in recent years has been a period of uncertainty and destruction for India. Although there are various factors behind it, there is a general consensus among scientists that climate change plays a major role. The Southwest monsoon that brings rain to the subcontinent …

Rising temperatures are leading to torrential rains in the Himalayas
1 year, 4 months ago

Rising temperatures are leading to torrential rains in the Himalayas

The Hindu  

Torrential rains that have battered India's Himalayas in recent years, killing hundreds of people and causing billions of dollars worth of damage, are becoming more intense due to a clash of weather systems triggered by global warming, scientists said. But the monsoon's convergence with a low-pressure weather system in the Himalayas in recent years has caused extremely heavy rains, something …

A necessary brake: The Hindu Editorial on altered weather patterns and infrastructure development
1 year, 4 months ago

A necessary brake: The Hindu Editorial on altered weather patterns and infrastructure development

The Hindu  

Being an El Niño year, the expectation was that north India would see a sparse monsoon. July saw record rainfall in many parts of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Uttarakhand and the rare sight of the Yamuna nearly spilling into the Red Fort in Delhi. The worst, however, was yet to come as the week saw multiple floods in Himachal Pradesh …

Death and destruction in Himachal Pradesh: Why the area is so prone to landslides
1 year, 4 months ago

Death and destruction in Himachal Pradesh: Why the area is so prone to landslides

Firstpost  

Heavy rainfall has wreaked havoc in Himachal Pradesh, leading to landslides. Huge losses this monsoon The landslides after heavy rains during the last few days in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla have created havoc in the city. However, several roads, which were earlier blocked due to landslides and other rain-related incidents, in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan district, have been re-opened for traffic, the …

Weather update: Heavy rainfall in Telangana, Maharashtra; rain pattern to shift from July 29 | DETAILS
1 year, 5 months ago

Weather update: Heavy rainfall in Telangana, Maharashtra; rain pattern to shift from July 29 | DETAILS

India TV News  

Weather updates: Extremely heavy rainfall is likely to continue over Telangana, Vidarbha, Konkan, Goa and central Maharashtra today while a decrease in rainfall activity over south peninsular India and an increase in rainfall activity over East India will take place from July 29, the India Meteorological Department said, IMD said that northwest India is expected to experience light to moderate …

Watch | Why has the monsoon in North India been so destructive?
1 year, 5 months ago

Watch | Why has the monsoon in North India been so destructive?

The Hindu  

Watch | Why has the monsoon in North India been so destructive? The monsoon started later than usual due to unexpected interactions with cyclones and other weather systems lingering from earlier in the year. Cyclone Biparjoy formed after the monsoon should have started, delaying the moon onset in Mumbai by two weeks. Before the monsoon started, the India Meteorological Department …

North India floods: As rains kill more than 100 in India, what makes south Asia’s monsoons deadlier?
1 year, 5 months ago

North India floods: As rains kill more than 100 in India, what makes south Asia’s monsoons deadlier?

The Independent  

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Monsoons in India become unpredictable as pollution wreaks havoc
1 year, 7 months ago

Monsoons in India become unpredictable as pollution wreaks havoc

The Hindu  

In a small laboratory on the outskirts of the Indian city of Hyderabad, professor Kirti Sahu is studying raindrops. Using a machine that simulates the conditions of clouds, he is among a number of scientists aiming to understand how climate change and pollution are changing the monsoon rains that underpin the country's agrarian economy. In recent years, India has seen …

Global warming making India vulnerable to extreme weather events
1 year, 10 months ago

Global warming making India vulnerable to extreme weather events

Live Mint  

India is likely to witness more extreme weather events, including intense heat waves, heavy flooding and severe drought that pose challenges to food and energy security for the second-most populous nation. Erratic weather conditions expose millions of Indians to climate disasters, kill thousands every year and increase economic hardships by eroding farm productivity. Deadly heat waves strained energy supplies and …

Monsoon: Continued vigilance is needed
2 years, 6 months ago

Monsoon: Continued vigilance is needed

Hindustan Times  

The India Meteorological Department announced on Saturday that the southwest monsoon had covered the entire country, nearly a week ahead of schedule. PREMIUM The southwest monsoon, which carries the bulk of the rainfall for the country, is not just the mainstay of agriculture, but also the economy. One, adequate rainfall is crucial to ensure a good yield of the kharif …

NE floods: Climate is not the only villain
2 years, 6 months ago

NE floods: Climate is not the only villain

Hindustan Times  

In one of the worst episodes of flooding in India’s ecologically critical Northeastern region, five states -- Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland, and Arunachal Pradesh -- have been badly affected. The deluge and landslides have killed at least 100 people, displaced thousands, affected livelihoods, destroyed properties and expensive infrastructure worth crores, and inundated national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. PREMIUM National Disaster …

Climate change a factor in 'unprecedented' South Asia floods
2 years, 6 months ago

Climate change a factor in 'unprecedented' South Asia floods

The Independent  

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Weather Updates: Heavy Rains Likely in Assam's Darrang, Kamrup Metro Districts in Next 24 Hrs; 3 Killed in Landslides in Meghalaya
2 years, 6 months ago

Weather Updates: Heavy Rains Likely in Assam's Darrang, Kamrup Metro Districts in Next 24 Hrs; 3 Killed in Landslides in Meghalaya

News 18  

Weather Updates: Fresh landslides were reported from various parts of Assam for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday amid incessant rainfall, which also led to heavy waterlogging in most parts. As monsoon rain pummelled the Northeast, Cherrapunji in Meghalaya recorded a massive 811.6 mm of rainfall in 24 hours ending 8.30 am on Wednesday, the highest in June since 1995, …

Extreme weather events: Imprints of changes in climatic conditions
2 years, 7 months ago

Extreme weather events: Imprints of changes in climatic conditions

The Hindu  

Last month, even as parts of north India were reeling under heat wave, many places in Karnataka, including Bengaluru, suffered large-scale destruction caused by heavy pre-monsoon showers. Climate change is here to stay, and the imprints of changes in climatic conditions, says the Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority, are in the form of high-impact weather events. The long-term rainfall analysis …

The high cost of Himalayan ruin
2 years, 8 months ago

The high cost of Himalayan ruin

Hindustan Times  

The Union environment ministry plans to exempt highway projects critical to the country’s defence or that are of strategic importance near the nation’s borders, from the requirement of prior environment clearance, this newspaper reported on Thursday. Environmentalists and geologists opposed the government’s stand because India’s northern borders fall in the highly eco-sensitive Himalayan region. The impacts are evident: The once-pristine …

Kerala floods: The impact of the climate crisis on India’s vulnerable ecology
3 years, 2 months ago

Kerala floods: The impact of the climate crisis on India’s vulnerable ecology

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Kerala saw three devastating floods in four years that together killed at least 600 people and wiped out entire habitations, drawing the world’s attention to how the climate crisis is impacting ecologically vulnerable parts of India. On October 14, the India Meteorological Department warned that two low-pressure areas — one over east-central and the adjoining southeast Arabian Sea, …

Explained | Landslips in Himachal Pradesh raise concerns if they are part of a larger climate shift
3 years, 4 months ago

Explained | Landslips in Himachal Pradesh raise concerns if they are part of a larger climate shift

The Hindu  

Story so far: A bus accident killed at least 10 people following a landslide in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday. The mountainous terrain of Himachal Pradesh means that erosion and geological forces will always be at work making the region particularly prone to natural disaster. In 2012, the State environment division had prepared a State Climate Change Strategy and Action …

How climate change is changing the Indian monsoon
3 years, 5 months ago

How climate change is changing the Indian monsoon

Live Mint  

When we talk about climate change impacts, the word that’s often used is “unprecedented”, that which can’t be measured by any given yardstick. The country’s first ever official climate change report, the Assessment Of Climate Change Over The Indian Region, prepared by the Indian scientific community and published by the ministry of earth sciences in 2020, lays out the state …

Wounded mountains: on Himachal landslide tragedy
3 years, 5 months ago

Wounded mountains: on Himachal landslide tragedy

The Hindu  

The tragic death of nine tourists in a landslip in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh is another pointer to the fragility of the ecology of the Himalayan States. What should worry Himachal, and neighbouring Uttarakhand, is that the States may be entering a phase of irreversible decline because of losses to their ecology; frequent landslides may become inevitable. Mega hydropower, …

DC Edit | Climate change hits home
3 years, 5 months ago

DC Edit | Climate change hits home

Deccan Chronicle  

The monsoon rains have returned after a lull to Maharashtra and Karnataka with a vengeance. Villages have been worst hit in Raigad district where the death toll has been the highest among Maharashtra’s tally that might be closer to 200 if missing persons are not rescued quickly enough from landslides as they are thought to be in homes buried under …

Monsoon to Cover Entire West Bengal, Jharkhand Over Next Two Days: IMD
3 years, 6 months ago

Monsoon to Cover Entire West Bengal, Jharkhand Over Next Two Days: IMD

News 18  

With the southwest monsoon advancing at a good pace, the India Meteorological Department on Thursday said conditions are favourable for it to cover the entire West Bengal and Jharkhand over the next two days. “Conditions are favourable for further advance of southwest monsoon into some more parts of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, remaining parts Chhattisgarh and Odisha, the entire West Bengal …

Southwest monsoon arrives in Karnataka, parts of state receives light showers
3 years, 7 months ago

Southwest monsoon arrives in Karnataka, parts of state receives light showers

India TV News  

In its 8 am bulletin today, the India Meteorological Department IMD said: "Southwest monsoon is very likely to advance further into some parts of the Central Arabian Sea, some parts of Maharashtra, Goa, remaining parts of Karnataka, some parts of Andhra Pradesh, some parts of Telangana, remaining parts of Tamil Nadu, some parts of the Northeast Bay of Bengal and …

Climate Change Tracker: South India may face intense flooding every year due to global warming
3 years, 11 months ago

Climate Change Tracker: South India may face intense flooding every year due to global warming

Live Mint  

As climate models become more refined, we get a better sense of the fundamental ways in which climate change is altering the world’s weather patterns. According to a new study published in Nature Climate Change on 18 January, researchers have found that monsoon rainfall over the course of the century will get even more severe for southern India. The study, …

Science of monsoons: The Hindu Editorial on need for better weather forecast
4 years, 2 months ago

Science of monsoons: The Hindu Editorial on need for better weather forecast

The Hindu  

The southwest monsoon 2020 has officially drawn to an end with the India Meteorological Department declaring a withdrawal of the associated winds and rainfall pattern from India on Wednesday. The southwest monsoon’s withdrawal also heralds the advent of north-easterly winds that bring in the northeast monsoon to parts of peninsular Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. While significant to the agriculture …

Monsoon to withdraw from north India in 2 days; rainy season to end on above-normal note
4 years, 3 months ago

Monsoon to withdraw from north India in 2 days; rainy season to end on above-normal note

India Today  

The southwest monsoon is set to retreat from parts of north India in the next two days, the India Meteorological Department said on Sunday, while data suggests that the rainy season is most likely to end on an above-normal note. Rainfall in the range of 96 to 104 per cent of the Long Period Average is considered as 'normal', while …

Most river basins in India cannot cope with climate change: Study
5 years ago

Most river basins in India cannot cope with climate change: Study

Hindustan Times  

Only one out of five river basins in the country can withstand extreme weather events and eight out of 10 vegetation types including croplands are likely to be non-resilient under similar conditions, according to a new study by the Indian Institute of Technology – Indore. HT Image The three-member team said identification of vulnerable river basins and vegetation types is …

North India reels under landslides, floods as heavy rains in Himachal, Bengal claim 9 lives; high-alert issued for Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra, Telangana
5 years, 4 months ago

North India reels under landslides, floods as heavy rains in Himachal, Bengal claim 9 lives; high-alert issued for Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra, Telangana

Firstpost  

Several states across the country continue to grapple with heavy rainfall, with parts of Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, and Delhi witnessing ’extremely heavy’ rainfall over the weekend. Several states across the country continue to grapple with heavy rainfall, floods, and landslides, with parts of Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, and Delhi witnessing ’extremely heavy’ rainfall over the weekend. Floods and landslides …

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