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Melbourne, March 2: Emergency warnings for life-threatening flash flooding have been issued for vast areas of the southeastern Australian states of Victoria and New South Wales (NSW).The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) issued severe weather warnings on Monday for heavy and locally intense rainfall...

Chennai, March 2 – The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast moderate rainfall in the Western Ghats districts over the next two days, even as it issued a warning of an impending heatwave that is likely to affect northern Tamil Nadu for the next three months.According to weather...

New Delhi, March 1 The country's power consumption grew marginally by 1.86 per cent to 132.99 billion units in February from 130.56 billion units a year ago, as the use of heating appliances like geysers and blowers slowed down due to unusually high temperatures.According to government data...

Shimla, February 28 The maximum and minimum temperatures remained significantly above normal across Himachal Pradesh as the weather remained dry. Una was the hottest, with a high of 30.8 degrees, while Tabo was the coldest, with a low of minus 2.7 degrees Celsius.The winter season (January 1...

New Delhi, February 28 The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its monthly forecast on Saturday that above-normal heatwave days are expected over most parts of the country between March and May.These areas include West Rajasthan, Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab, southern and eastern...

Shimla, February 27 Isolated areas in the higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district received light snowfall on Friday, while light rain was reported in Jot and Dharamshala, officials said.The light snowfall near the Atal Tunnel brought joy to tourists, who were seen enjoying the...

Mumbai, February 27 The Maharashtra government said on Friday that it is working on a permanent solution to the recurring traffic congestion caused by waterlogging at the Andheri subway in western Mumbai during the monsoon.Responding to a calling attention motion in the assembly, Minister of...

Chennai, February 26 – The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast light rain accompanied by thunderstorms in parts of southern Tamil Nadu and the Western Ghats districts on Thursday, due to the presence of a low-pressure system over the southern peninsula.In a press release issued...

Jaipur, February 25 – The Meteorological Department announced on Wednesday that several districts in Rajasthan recorded temperatures above 33 degrees Celsius, and predicted rainfall across the state starting Friday.Met officials stated that the winter season in Rajasthan is almost over, and...

Chennai, February 25 – The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has forecast that the early morning fog in Chennai and eight other districts will continue, even as moderate rainfall is expected in parts of Tamil Nadu over the next few days.According to the latest weather bulletin, a...

Agartala, February 24 It is unlikely that the target of laying the pipeline in Tripura under the Indradhanush Gas Grid (IGG) will be achieved due to certain unavoidable circumstances, an official said on Tuesday.Under the project, a 253 km-long pipeline was supposed to be laid in Tripura by...

Jammu, February 24 The heavy rainfall in Jammu and Kashmir last year resulted in 152 deaths, injured 179 people, and caused damage to nearly 21,000 structures, mostly residential houses, while 1515 livestock perished, official data revealed.Of the total fatalities, 151 were reported from the...

Kolkata, February 24 Several areas in South Bengal received light rainfall on Tuesday morning, nearly three months after the last showers in the region, the IMD said.According to an official from the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Kolkata and its adjoining districts last experienced...

Mumbai, February 24 Congress legislative party leader Vijay Wadettiwar on Tuesday criticised the Maharashtra government for "exacerbating the distress of farmers" by deploying police for land acquisition for the Shaktipeeth Expressway, even as unseasonal rains and hailstorms have destroyed crops...

In Jammu and Kashmir, several parts of the Kashmir region recorded maximum temperatures 10 to 11 degrees Celsius above normal on Monday, even as the Meteorological Department forecast a dry spell across J&K until the end of February. An Akashvani Jammu correspondent reports that Srinagar, the...

Chennai, February 24 – The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Chennai has forecast moderate rainfall in parts of southern Tamil Nadu and the Western Ghats region until March 1, following the formation of a low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal.According to an official press release...

Kolkata, February 23 Light to moderate rain is likely to occur on Tuesday in some districts of South Bengal, including Kolkata, after a gap of nearly three months, the IMD said.While Kolkata and its adjoining districts last experienced rainfall in November, a few western districts like Purulia...

Kolkata, February 22 – The Regional Meteorological Centre in Kolkata said on Sunday that light to moderate rainfall is likely in some parts of West Bengal over the next two days due to a depression in the Bay of Bengal.According to the forecast, there is a possibility of light rain with...

Gangtok, February 21 Sikkim is experiencing a significant shortfall in rainfall during the first two months of 2026, with all districts reporting large deficits, according to data released by the Meteorological Centre, Gangtok, under the India Meteorological Department (IMD).The average...

New Delhi, February 19 The air quality in the national capital deteriorated to the 'poor' category on Thursday evening, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded at 208, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).The AQI stood at 164 in the 'satisfactory' category on...