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This summer is likely to be hotter than normal, says IMD forecast

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This summer is likely to be hotter than normal, says IMD forecast Northwest India comprises UP, Rajasthan, Delhi, Punjab, and Haryana. Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh are parts of central India, while Gujarat and Maharashtra come under west India. Current Affairs :This late spring is probably going to be more blazing than expected in many pieces of northwest, west, focal, and south India, as per the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD’s) figure discharged on Thursday. In the staying meteorological subdivisions, the normal temperature is required to be close to ordinary in the late spring months (March to May). Northwest India includes UP, Rajasthan, Delhi, Punjab, and Haryana. Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh are portions of focal India, while Gujarat and Maharashtra go under west India. Day temperatures are probably going to be better than average by 0.5 degree Celsius over Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Chandigarh, western Uttar Pradesh, eastern Rajasthan, portio...

Mumbai records second-wettest July in the last 60 years, says IMD

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Mumbai records second-wettest July in the last 60 years, says IMD The Santacruz and Colaba observatories in the city recorded 1,464.8 mm and 1,175.1 mm rainfall, respectively, this month Current Affairs :- In spite of the fact that the storm touched base in Mumbai late, the city recorded second-most astounding precipitation for the period of July over the most recent 60 years, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday. The Santacruz and Colaba observatories in the city recorded 1,464.8 mm and 1,175.1 mm precipitation, individually, this month. Five years back, the city had seen significantly more precipitation in July, establishing a precedent. The Santacruz observatory had recorded 1,468.5 mm precipitation in July 2014, said K S Hosalikar, Deputy Director General of the Regional Center of the IMD here. Continue Reading

Mercury rising: At 48 degrees Celsius, Delhi records a 100-year high

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Mercury rising: At 48 degrees Celsius, Delhi records a 100-year high Monday’s temperature breached the previous all-time high (for June) of 47.8 C recorded exactly five years ago on June 9, 2014, official data from the IMD shows Current Affairs :- The Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi recorded a temperature of 48 degrees Celsius on Monday, which is the most noteworthy at the air terminal in the only remaining century for the long stretch of June. Monday’s temperature ruptured the past record-breaking high (for June) of 47.8 C recorded precisely five years prior on June 9, 2014, official information from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) appears. The untouched record for all months in Delhi (airplane terminal locale) is 48.4 degrees Celsius recorded in May 1998. In the whole swathe of the northern fields, from Amritsar in Punjab to Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, most extreme temperatures neared or ruptured their record-breaking record for June on Monday....

Delay in monsoon pushes rainfall deficiency to 45% in first 9 days of June

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Delay in monsoon pushes rainfall deficiency to 45% in first 9 days of June The rainfall deficiency in June could be higher due to the sluggish pace of the monsoon and a weak El Niño, a phenomenon associated with heating of Pacific waters Current Affairs :-A postponement in the entry of rainstorm has driven the nation’s precipitation insufficiency in the initial nine days of June to 45 percent, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Rainstorm made a beginning over Kerala on June 8, seven days after its ordinary entry date. This has additionally postponed its entry in various pieces of the nation. The nation got just 17.7 millimeters of precipitation as against the typical precipitation of 32.4 millimeters, which comes to around 45 percent, it said. The precipitation inadequacy in June could be higher because of the languid pace of the rainstorm and a frail El Niño, a marvel related with warming of Pacific waters. An on-going cyclonic dissemination in the Arabian ...

Chennai to Latur, India struggles for drinking water as reservoirs dry up

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Chennai to Latur, India struggles for drinking water as reservoirs dry up India typically witnesses water scarcity during summer months, but the situation this year is particularly grim in western and southern states Current Affair :-A great many individuals are frantically anticipating past due rainstorm rains as they battle to verify drinking water in the midst of a warmth wave crosswise over India that is quickly evaporating repositories and sending temperatures taking off the nation over. India ordinarily witnesses water shortage during summer months, however the circumstance this year is especially terrible in western and southern states which got not exactly typical precipitation in the 2018 storm season. “I wake ahead of schedule to get water from a well outside the town, as inside three hours the water runs dry,” says Ramchandra Pawar, a rancher from Latur region somewhere in the range of 500 km (300 miles) southeast of Mumbai in the dry season hit western provin...

Brace for 0.5 degree Celsius rise in temperature this summer

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Brace for 0.5 degree Celsius rise in temperature this summer Temperatures are expected to be near normal in the rest of the country, the IMD said. Current Affairs :  Support for some genuine summer a long time ahead. The normal temperature between April to June is probably going to be 0.5 degrees Celsius hotter in north and focal India, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday in its occasional viewpoint for the following three months. Temperatures are relied upon to be close ordinary in the remainder of the nation, the IMD said. “The April to June season normal greatest temperatures are probably going to be hotter than ordinary by 0.5 degrees Celsius over the majority of the meteorological subdivisions from focal India and a few subdivisions from northwest India. Close ordinary greatest temperatures are likely in the rest of the subdivisions,” the regular standpoint said. The northwest subdivision of the IMD contains conditions of Jammu and Kashmi...