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Average temperature in Himalayan region of Himachal Pradesh has risen by 0
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Himachal Pradesh's Department of Environment and Climate Change has stressed the urgent need for climate-resilient development and infrastructure planning, warning that the Himalayan state faces growing risks from extreme rainfall, flash floods, landslides, and cloudburst events due to clima
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Heavy rainfall forecast for Gujarat over next three days: IMD Scientist
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted significant rainfall across Gujarat in the coming three days, warning of very heavy downpours in several districts.
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More than 70 pc of Indian districts are exposed to extreme rainfall events
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The study highlights a rise in both the occurrence and severity of these extreme weather events over recent decades. India has seen a fifteenfold increase in extreme heat wave days during the March-April-May and June-July-August-September periods over the past 30 years, with the last decade
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Climate change, flawed policies drive Pakistan towards food insecurity: Re
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
This crisis traces back to the massive floods that ravaged Pakistan from July to September 2022, inundating a third of the country's districts. A confluence of climatic factors, including a warming ocean, culminated in this extreme rainfall event, significantly impacting 15 per cent of Pakis
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More than 800 people rescued after severe floods in Greece
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
More than 800 people have been rescued over the past two days from severe floods in Greece, local officials said. This comes after extreme rainfall turned streets into deadly rivers, tore down buildings and bridges and left whole villages submerged, CNN reported.
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Extreme rainfall forecast for Himachal Pradesh
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Amid heavy rainfall in Himachal Pradesh, vehicle movements have been stopped at Chakki mod near Parwanoo for safety reasons, State traffic police informed on Wednesday.
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Israeli researchers develop tool to predict extreme rainfall
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Extreme rain events, particularly those that cause flash floods in the south and east of Israel in spring and fall are particularly difficult to forecast even a short while in advance.
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Economic growth goes down when number of days with extreme rainfall go up:
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Potsdam [Germany], January 13 (ANI): A study by a team of Potsdam scientists found that economic growth goes down when the number of wet days and days with extreme rainfall go up.
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Climate change leads to higher chance of floods, extreme rainfall
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 13 (ANI): During a recent study, Climate experts at the Newcastle University found that, without urgent action, climate change will continue to cause an increase in the intensity of extreme rainfall that might lead to severe flooding.
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Climate change increases extreme rainfall, chance of floods: Experts
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 7 (ANI): Climate experts at the Newcastle University warn that, without urgent action, climate change will continue to cause an increase in the intensity of extreme rainfall that can lead to severe flooding.
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