Topic: Weather
Hottest January on record: WMO confirms January 2025 extreme heat
The world has just experienced the hottest January ever recorded, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on 6 February, citing data crunched by UN partner the Copernicus Climate Service.
Over 3,000 lives lost to extreme weather in India so far this year: Report
A recent report by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has revealed that India experienced extreme weather events on 93% of the days in the first nine months of 2024. This relentless frequency led to over 3,000 fatalities and the destruction of more than 200,000 homes across the country.
India saw driest August since 1901: IMD
India saw the driest August since 1901 when the country began keeping weather records, but the monsoon is expected to make a recovery from the first week of September, said the weather office.
233 killed due to extreme weather events in India between January and April: Report
Extreme weather events claimed at least 233 lives and damaged 0.95 million hectare of cropland in India in between 2023 January and 2023 April, said Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).
Very severe cyclonic storm ‘Biparjoy’ to intensify during next 48 hours, IMD issues warning
The very severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy will intensify further and move north-northwestwards, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday.
Extreme weather caused two million deaths over last 50 years
Over two million deaths and $4.3 trillion in economic losses; that’s the impact of a half-century of extreme weather events turbo-charged by man-made global warming, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday.
