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14th Asia-Oceania Meteorological Satellite Users’ Conference (AOMSUC-14)

The 14th Asia-Oceania Meteorological Satellite Users’ Conference (AOMSUC-14) is set for December 4 to 6, 2024 in New Delhi, will be hosted by India Meteorological Department (IMD). The...

December 3, 2024

What is Bomb Cyclone?

An important weather phenomenon is approaching the US West Coast, which is known as a “bomb cyclone,” and is expected to bring extreme conditions. A strong atmospheric river...

November 20, 2024

India-Japan: MoU signed for Academic and Research Cooperation

The Union Cabinet recently apprised a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) signed between India and Japan. The MoU was signed between National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL) that operates under...

April 8, 2021

MoU for Offshore Data signed between Indian Navy and GSI

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Indian Navy and Geological Survey of India (GSI) on Tuesday, 21st January 2020. The agreement was on ‘Sharing of...

January 22, 2020

Tropical Storm Imelda causes Havoc

Heavy rains from Tropical Depression Imelda deluged parts of Texas and Louisiana of the US. The Imelda storm system brought the risk of severe weather disruptions and prompted tornado...

September 21, 2019

UNCCD launches a Drought Toolbox

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) launched a drought toolbox. The toolbox uses a total of 15 to 30 different parameters to assess drought risk and...

September 13, 2019

What is causing heavy rainfall in Mumbai?

Year after year, the Indian city of Mumbai is brought to a standstill by the rains and the heavy outpours. Not only do these rains cause a loss...

September 6, 2019

Why did the US storm bring dirty snow?

The ‘bomb cyclone’ that severed disasters in Minnesota and other upper parts of Mid west dumped in lot of dirt. The freshly falling snow was decolourised. The snow...

April 13, 2019

Meteorological Department issues ‘Yellow’ weather warning for Himachal Pradesh

The Meteorological Department issued a yellow weather warning for rain in Himachal Pradesh. Rainfall had occurred at isolated places over the state. Meteorological Department has issued colour-coded warnings...

April 9, 2019

North Eastern US continue to warm up and northwest to receive storm

A big temperature rise is expected to arise on Monday. The temperature is likely to be the highest in the Mid ”Atlantic parts and the parts of the...

April 8, 2019

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