The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert in Himachal Pradesh for the next 4-5 days and predicted moderate rainfall for the next 48 hours in the state on Friday.
The workshop aimed to discuss the role of early warning systems in contributing to the goals of the World Meteorological Organisation and raising awareness among communities exposed to risks.
Heavy rainfall is expected in several parts of Odisha for the next two days. Fishermen have been advised not to go out into the sea, said an IMD scientist on Wednesday.
The regional centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday said that a well-marked low-pressure area over central parts of the north Bay of Bengal concentrated into a depression and laying centred, is likely to intensify further into a 'deep' depression.
Sharply rising temperatures across the globe continue to endanger the safety of workers and impact communities with the “least capacity for adaptation,” according to a senior economist at the International Labour Organization (ILO).
The Pakistan meteorological department has meanwhile issued a fresh warning of thundershowers in the upper and central parts of the country over the next three days.
Amid continuous rainfall, which has led to waterlogging in several parts of Mumbai, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecasted heavy to very heavy rainfall and occasional gusty winds in Mumbai for today, said a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official.
The first three weeks of July were the warmest three-week period ever recorded. The month is on track to be both the hottest July and the hottest month on record, according to data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service and the World Meteorological Organization
The Indian Meteorological Department on Monday issued a red alert for Telangana for the next three days from July 25-27 and predicted heavy rainfall in the state.