Shimla recorded the highest temperature of the season, 30.6 degrees Celsius for the month of June in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday. Surender Paul, head of IMD Himachal Pradesh, said that the heatwave condition would continue till June 17.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday chaired a meeting with top officials to review preparations for the monsoon season at the state secretariat.
In preparation for the challenges posed by the upcoming monsoon, a high-level meeting was convened on Tuesday at the Secretariat under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha. The meeting focused on the government's management and preparedness for the monsoon season in the state.
In anticipation of the upcoming monsoon, the Urban Development Department of Delhi and Minister of Irrigation and Flood Control Saurabh Bhardwaj held a meeting at the Delhi Secretariat with senior officials from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Irrigation and Flood Control Department, DDA
Karnataka Minister Krishna Byre Gowda on Monday said that the state cabinet sub-committee has decided to cover about 7 lakh farmers who were eligible but have not been paid compensation so far for the drought last year.
IMD scientist Surinder Paul said that if the conditions remain good then monsoon is expected to reach Himachal Pradesh by June 20-22. IMD further forecasted that it will rain well in Himachal Pradesh this year.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for heavy rain in Mumbai, Thane, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Latur, and Nanded in Maharashtra for the next 24 hours.
As heavy rains lashed Mumbai on Saturday night, several parts of the city faced waterlogging causing traffic snarls. The IMD has issued a yellow alert for the city for today, adding that conditions are favourable for monsoon arrival in Mumbai within the next two days.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for Sindhudurg, an orange alert for Ratnagiri, and a yellow alert for Palghar, Thane, Mumbai, and Raigad for June 9.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday said that the southwest monsoon had advanced into some parts of the central Arabian Sea, south Maharashtra, Telangana, and some parts of south Chhattisgarh and south Odisha and some more parts of coastal Andhra Pradesh.
With above-average monsoon rainfall expected this year, the National Disaster Authority of Nepal, in coordination with various agencies held a rescue and relief drill on Friday at Nagdaha on the outskirts of Lalitpur District started preparing for the possible incidents of flooding and inund