Bengaluru (1 MIN READ): The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday issued a ‘red alert’ in Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada coastal district for the next 48 hours due to the havoc wreaked by heavy monsoon rains and gusty winds. There will be holiday for all schools and colleges in the affected districts on Wednesday and Thursday, […]
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Monsoon to hit Delhi in 72 hours: IMD
New Delhi: Monsoon is likely to hit the national capital in the next 72 hours, beginning with light showers on Tuesday night, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The IMD said light rains were expected on Wednesday and Thursday after which the delayed monsoon will set in. With the rains, there would be a slight […]
Cyclone Vayu has delayed monsoon in Goa: IMD
Panaji: Cyclone Vayu has passed from the state’s coastline and is heading towards the Gujarat coast, but the cyclone has further delayed the arrival of the monsoon in Goa, state Indian Meteorological Department Director K.V. Padgalwar said on Thursday. “The cyclone has crossed Goa and is heading towards the Gujarat coastline. Diu, Somnath, Junagadh and […]
Cyclone Vayu won’t make landfall in Gujarat: IMD
Ahmedabad: Cyclone Vayu will not make landfall on the Gujarat coast on Thursday as it was expected, and will pass by the Saurashtra region later in the day, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said. IMD scientist Manorama Mohanty told the media here: “Cyclone Vayu will not hit Gujarat. It will pass nearby from Veraval, Porbander and […]
Monsoon hits Kerala coast, says IMD
Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi: Monsoon has hit the Kerala coast on Saturday, after a delay of one week, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said. The state’s coastal regions have been experiencing downpours since early Saturday morning, which are set to intensify later in the evening, an IMD official told IANS. Meanwhile, Skymet Director Mahesh Palawat told […]
IMD issues highest heatwave alert for Delhi-NCR
New Delhi: As the minimum temperature touched 27.6 degrees Celsius on Saturday in the Delhi-NCR region, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued the highest “red” alert for some parts of northern India including the national capital. Besides Delhi, the alert, which is the highest in the IMD’s four colour-coded warnings, was issued for Punjab, Haryana, […]
Monsoon to hit Kerala on June 6: IMD
New Delhi: Monsoon is expected to arrive in India on June 6, a delay of five days, but it is likely to be “near normal”, state forecaster India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday. This comes a day after private forecaster Skymet had said that monsoon was expected to arrive on June 4 and was likely […]
‘Fani’ to become ‘extremely severe’, warns IMD
New Delhi: The cyclonic storm “Fani” is expected to aggravate further to “extremely severe” by Tuesday mid-night, causing light to heavy rainfall in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha till Thursday, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) cautioned on Tuesday evening. It warned that the cyclone is likely to cause damage to houses, communication and power […]
Red alert issued for heat wave in central India
Nagpur (Maharashtra): The India Meteorological Department (IMD) here on Tuesday issued a Red Alert — the highest warning level — as temperatures soared to up to 47 degrees Celsius in some parts of Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region and central India. The alert will remain in place till Wednesday, according to IMD Deputy Director-General M.L. Sahu. “There […]
Cyclone threat in Indian Ocean, may impact TN, Andhra
Visakhapatnam: A depression over east Equatorial Indian Ocean and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday. The system lay centred at about 1,440 km southeast of Chennai and 1,720 km southsoutheast of Machilipatnam at 1430 hrs. “It is very likely to […]