Rains are beneficial for vegetable crops, especially in the transplanting stage in Solan and Sirmaur districts, Director Agriculture Rajesh Kaushik told PTI.
High intensity rainfall coupled with cutting of hill slopes or rocks at the foothills are the main reason behind the significant number of landslides, experts say.
IMD had earlier attributed the unusual heat to the lack of rainfall due to the absence of active western disturbances over north India and any major system over south India.
The IMD attributed the westerly wind and moisture incursion from the Arabian Sea as the reason behind the spell.
India Meteorological Department officials predict light to moderate rainfall along with thunderstorms over the next two days in some parts of Maharashtra, including Mumbai.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) had attributed the unusual heat to the lack of rainfall due to the absence of active western disturbances over north India and any major system over south India.
Thunderstorms with lightning or hailstorm, accompanied by light to moderate rainfall, is very likely over north Bengal districts from March 14 to 20, the weatherman said.
On Republic Day, Overcast conditions prevailed in Delhi and the minimum temperature settled at 12.8 degrees Celsius, the highest this month so far.
Cyclone ‘Mandous’ is set to cross the coast near Tamil Nadu starting midnight, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
The depression is very likely to maintain its intensity and move west-northwestwards slowly, towards north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry and south Andhra Pradesh...
The Met department reports that 81 mm of rainfall fell in just two hours in the Shivaji Nagar area in Pune city in Maharashtra on Monday.
On Thursday, fresh areas have been inundated in Assam as rainfall continued to lash several parts of the state, an official bulletin said.
Against an annual average rainfall of 679 millimetres in Marathwada, the region has so far received 840 millimetres this monsoon, which is 123.62 per cent of...
East Siang Deputy Commissioner (DC) Tayi Taggu, who took stock of the situation on Tuesday, appealed to the people living in these areas to refrain from...
While heavy rain continues to lash parts of Uttar Pradesh, Delhi is likely to witness a light drizzle on Wednesday.
Rains had brought the mercury down in Delhi on Monday, with the maximum temperature settling at 23.6 degrees Celsius, 10 notches below the normal. On...
A sharp spell of rain lashed Chandigarh and its adjoining towns of Mohali in Punjab and Panchkula in Haryana. Some other parts of the two states also received...
In Jhansi, seven people were killed in lightning strikes on Monday afternoon, officials said.
Delhi has recorded 121.7 mm of rainfall in October so far, the second highest in the month in the last 16 years, according to India Meteorological Department...
In view of these predictions, both states will remain on an orange alert for the next two days. But the advisory for Uttarakhand's eastern half has been...
According to the Agri ministry's first advance estimate for FY23, Kharif food production is 3.9 per cent lower at 149.92 million tonne.
In view of the situation, the Delhi Traffic Police has asked commuters to plan their journey accordingly. Several roads of the city have been severely...
The District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), in an advisory, said that all corporate offices and private institutions are advised to guide employees to...
The minimum temperature in the city was recorded one notch above normal at 22 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature is expected to settle at around 28...
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a 'yellow alert', cautioning people about moderate rain at most places in the city on Friday.