Almost two weeks into November, the temperatures in Chandigarh are still on the higher side, reflecting a delayed onset of winter, said director general of meteorology Mrutyunjay Mohapatra on Monday. While nights continue to remain warm, the day temperature is continuing to drop, going down from 29.6°C on Sunday to 28.3°C on Monday, normal for this time of the year. …
Cyclone Dana is expected to form over the east-central Bay of Bengal, bringing wind speeds of up to 120 km/h along the Odisha coast. The storm is expected to intensify into a depression by October 22 and strengthen into a cyclonic storm by October 23. It is projected to move northwest, eventually nearing the Odisha-West Bengal coasts by the morning …
The official weather forecaster on Sunday issued the first heatwave alert for the year on Sunday, predicting soaring maximum temperatures of 37-39°C in parts of the Kutch and the Konkan regions in more signs that the country could skip the spring season and plunge into summer heat. Large parts of west and northwest India, as well as many Himalayan towns, …
A day after Diwali, Delhi recorded an AQI of 303, the lowest since 2015. Cyclone Sitrang’s strong winds crossing towards Bangladesh enabled the dispersal of pollutants, reducing the overall air pollution in the national capital Delhi’s air quality slipped to ‘very poor’ on Tuesday, a day after Diwali as Delhiites ignored the ban and celebrated the festival by setting off …
The southwest monsoon has reached Barmer in west Rajasthan, one of its last outposts, two weeks before its normal schedule but is yet to arrive in the north Indian plains including Delhi which have been reeling under searing heat, the Met office said on Tuesday. It has even covered parts of north India, including Rajasthan’s Barmer -- a border district …
Cyclonic storm Nivar, the third tropical cyclone to hit India this year, made landfall approximately 22 km north of Puducherry in Villupuram district around 02.30 am Thursday. Nivar’s intensity was lesser than the 2018 storm Gaja but it was comparable to cyclone storm Vardah, which had made landfall near Chennai on December 12, 2016. “Nivar’s intensity similar to what we …