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UAE sends 30 tonnes of food aid to support drought-affected communities in
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
The UAE has sent 30 tonnes of food aid to Kenya to support families affected by severe drought and climate challenges. The assistance aims to address worsening food insecurity caused by climatic disruptions, including La Nina, as Kenya continues to face prolonged drought and water shortages.
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SBI report cautions food price rise over possible crop loss due to excess
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
With La Nina getting precedence going ahead, excess rainfalls could result in crop loss and thus a negative impact on food prices, SBI Research report, authored by Soumya Kanti Ghosh, Group Chief Economic Advisor, said.
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Once monsoon arrives in Kerala, will take 8-10 days to cover Maharashtra:
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
In 2023, rainfall over the country as a whole during monsoon season (June-September), was 94 per cent of its long-period average.
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India likely to experience normal monsoon this year: Skymet
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
However, eastern states including Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal face the risk of deficit rainfall during peak monsoon months, while Northeast India may experience below-normal rains in the first half of the season. There will be above-normal rains over Kerala, Konka, Karnataka
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2022 confirmed as one of warmest years on record: UN agency
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The average global temperature in 2022 was about 1.15 [1.02 to 1.27] °C above the pre-industrial (1850-1900) levels. 2022 is the 8th consecutive year (2015-2022) that annual global temperatures have reached at least 1°C above pre-industrial levels, according to all datasets compile
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Scientists warn of more La Nina events in eastern Australia
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], June 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Australia's eastern states are likely to become more flood-prone in the coming decades due to increasing La Nina events, according to a new study.
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La Nina alert issued for Australia's east
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], November 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) announced on Tuesday that a La Nina event had established itself in the tropical Pacific, spelling a stormy summer for much of Australia's east.
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Chinese citizens hit by soaring prices of vegetables
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 30 (ANI): The soaring prices of vegetables has compelled Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MOA) to formulate emergency plans for disaster prevention and reduction in vegetable production at the earliest opportunity, in corresponding to the potential
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'Intensity of severe cyclonic storms increasing in the North Indian Ocean
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): The intensity of severe cyclonic storms in the North Indian Ocean region has shown an increasing trend in the past four decades, as per a recent study by Indian scientists.
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Western disturbance, La Nina effect behind cold waves in NCR: IMD
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): With the mercury dipping down and the chilly cold waves hitting Delhites, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday cited the western disturbance and global La Nina effect among the crucial factors behind the scene.
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