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Mumbai faces cloud burst: Monstrous rains leads to land sliding killing 30 people.

A thunderstorm, described by meteorologists as massive and monstrous, deposited a whopping 235mm of rain in the city between 12am and 4am on Sunday, triggering two landslides, leaving several dead, and throwing civic infrastructure out of gear. A thunderstorm, described by meteorologists as massive and monstrous, deposited a whopping 235mm of rain in the city between 12am and 4am on Sunday, triggering two landslides, leaving several dead, and throwing civic infrastructure out of gear. This happened less than 48 hours after a similar high-impact weather event event…
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At 2 Degrees, Delhi Shivers In One Of The Coldest Mornings This Winter

Residents of the national capital woke up to biting chill this morning after the winter temperature fell to 2 degree Celsius. The coldest day this season was on January 1 when the weather office recorded 1.1 degree Celsius.Today's temperature of 2 degree Celsius came from the observatory in south Delhi's Safdarjung. Another weather office in Palam on the outskirts of the city reported 4.9 degree Celsius. The air quality in the city remained under "very poor" category. Some parts of the city reported slow traffic due to…
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Heavy to very heavy rains predicted in West Bengal over the next few days

India Meterological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy to very heavy rains in West Bengal over the next few days. National Disaster Reflief Force (NDRF) has swung into action and has deployed three teams to Bengal. Two NDRF teams have been deployed at Kakdwip and one at Ramnagar.  IMD has issued an alert regarding severe weather activity over Gangetic West Bengal during October 22-24 due to depression over North West Bay of Bengal.  According to IMD, heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely to occur over coastal…
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Delhi air quality drops to ‘poor’ due to spike in farm fires; EPCA urges neighbouring states to take steps

 Delhi's air quality has dropped to the "poor" category on Friday and is likely to deteriorate further due to unfavourable meteorological conditions and a spike in farm fires. The Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority has directed the governments of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to ban the use of diesel generators, except for essential and emergency services, in the national capital and the neighbouring cities of Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida, Faridabad and Gurugram. On Thursday, the national capital recorded a 24-hour average air quality index (AQI)…
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Heavy rainfall in Gujarat kills 9, NDRF rescues 30 people

As heavy rainfall continue to wreak havoc in Gujarat, nine people were killed and nearly 1900 people were shifted to a safer place. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is deployed at several places for the rescue operation. The rainfall has mainly affected the low-lying areas especially the Saurashtra region, disrupting normal life. On Monday, the NDRF team rescued 30 people stranded from the flood-affected areas in Chikali village of Morbi district.They were later handed over to the district administration.  Several parts of Gujarat have been receiving incessant rainfall…
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Odisha receives 58.5 mm average rainfall across 30 districts in last 24 hours

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday (August 19, 2020) said that a well-marked low-pressure area lies over north coastal Odisha and neighbouring areas adding that it is very likely to move westwards and concentrate into a Depression during the next 24 hours.  "Under the influence of above systems, widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy falls very likely along with isolated extremely heavy falls (≥ 20 cm) over Odisha on August 19, Chhattisgarh on August 19 and August 20, and East Madhya Pradesh on August 20," said…
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Kerala rains: Orange alert issued in Pathanamthitta district as dam water rises

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert in Kerala`s Pathanamthitta district as the water level in Pamba dam is rose to  983.05 meters. However, the level is likely to increase further to 983.50 meters within an hour. Once the water level crosses 984.5 meters mark red alert will be declared. The Pathanamthitta District Collector said, "The water level in Pamba dam is 983.05 meters now and is likely to reach 983.50 meters within an hour. So, the second alert- orange alert has been issued. A red alert will…
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Heavy rainfall in Mumbai today; high tide warning issued

Heavy rainfall in Mumbai caused waterlogging at  Hindmata, TT circke, King circle, Sion areas on Sunday. The weather office has issued high tide warning in Mumbai at 12.23 pm today. The high tide will likely measure 4.7 meters, said the weather department. Moderate rainfall was seen in the city during Sunday morning. On Saturday, heavy rainfall lashed over several parts of Maharashtra and the capital Mumbai continued to be the severely hit place. While the Mumbai suburban areas received 170 mm rainfall in the last 12 hours, Mumbai…
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Monsoon movement may get slow this week as low pressure weakens, predicts IMD

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday (June 14) that monsoon has covered a large part of west and central India but its progress is expected to get slower this week as low pressure weakens. The IMD said in a statement that the monsoon has advanced into the remaining parts of central Arabian Sea, some parts of northeast Arabian Sea, Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, remaining parts of Maharashtra (including Mumbai), some parts of Madhya Pradesh, most parts of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand and some more parts…
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Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray to visit Raigad, Alibaug, to take stock of cyclone Nisarga havoc

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will on Friday (June 5) visit Raigad and Alibaug districts to the stock of the damages caused by Cyclone Nisarga which made landfall on the coast of the state on June 3. This comes a day after CM Uddhav monitored the damage caused by the cyclone through video conferencing. The Maharashtra Chief Minister on Thursday asked officials to file a report of the damage caused by Cyclone Nisarga within two days, in order to assure that speedy help is provided to the…
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