northeast monsoon Current Affairs, GK & News
IDMC-ADB report: southwest monsoon lasting longer, displacing millions in South Asia
The recently released joint report of the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) raised concerns regarding long southwest monsoon causing large-scale displacement of masses in South Asia. Key findings The report found that southwest monsoon is lasting longer than its season and overlapping with the northeast monsoon, causing more severe ..
Month: current affairs - september, 2022
Category: Environment Current Affairs • Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: ADB • Asian Development Bank (ADB) • Climate change • Internal Displacement • Monsoon • monsoon floods • Monsoon of South Asia • Monsoon rainfall • Monsoons • northeast monsoon • Southwest monsoon
Scientists discover reasons behind 2015 Chennai Floods
A study conducted by the University of Hyderabad and the Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay has found out that the extreme El Nino conditions and warming of the Bay of Bengal had resulted in unprecedented heavy rainfall in Chennai for three days between November 30th to December 2nd in 2015. Salient Findings El Nino usually causes less than normal rainfall in the case of south-west ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2017
Topics: Bay of Bengal • Chennai • Chennai Floods • Current Affairs - 2017 • El Nino • National • northeast monsoon • South West Monsoon • TNPSC