Tag: Monsoon

Washington: NASA has released a video created using satellite data that provides an estimate of the intense rainfall over India in the past week and shows the spread of the resulting severe flooding in Kerala and parts of Karnataka. The summer monsoon is a regular feature this time of year in India, and it can […]

New Delhi: Heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected in large parts of India, including several places in Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Assam and Gujarat, over the next few days till Friday, the India Meteorological Department said today. The warning comes after the IMD said last week that the monsoon had covered the entire […]

  New Delhi: The Southwest Monsoon, which brings seasonal rain to the Indian subcontinent, will hit Kerala on May 28, four days ahead of its normal onset date, private weather forecasting agency Skymet said on Saturday. The monsoon is expected to reach the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on May 20 and is expected to advance […]

Bhubaneswar: Natural calamity prone Odisha has received 10.1 per cent deficit rainfall during the peak monsoon season from June to September this year, official sources said. The cumulative average rainfall in Odisha from June to September, 2017 remained 1,028.3 mm against the LTA (long term average) of 1,144.3 mm which accounts for a deficit of […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid a statewide hue and cry over the undeclared power cuts during peak summer, Odisha government has decided to stop repair and maintenance work of grid stations till arrival of monsoon. “There is no shortage of power in the state. We are self-sufficient so far power generation is concerned. While the state’s requirement of […]

Bhubaneswar: With the south-west monsoon active in the state, rains lashed most places in coastal and interior parts even as IMD forecast heavy rainfall in interior and south coastal Odisha in the next 24 hours. The monsoon has been active in this part of the country induced by a Low Pressure Area created over coastal […]

Bhubaneswar: Monsoon is set to arrive in Odisha in a day or two as many areas received rains, and downpour was reported from one or two places over the north interior region of the state. “Many places of Odisha have received rains in the last 24 hours and we are expecting the arrival of monsoon […]

Bhubaneswar: After a lull temperature rose in western, southern and coastal parts of Odisha today. The mercury touched 42.9 degree C at Hirakud today, up from 40.1 degrees yesterday, while the other western Odisha towns of Bolangir recorded 42 degrees, Sambalpur 41.8 degrees, Bhawanipatna 41.5 degrees, Jharsuguda 41.4 degrees, Titlagarh 40.5 degress and Sundergarh 40 […]

Bhubaneswar: The southwest monsoon reached the State today covering Malkangiri and a portion of Koraput districts in the southern region and would be activated across the State in the next three days. “As expected, the southwest monsoon has reached the State on June 13. We had predicted onset of monsoon anytime between June 13 and […]

Bhubaneswar: Several parts of Odisha will witness an increase in rainfall activity from today as a low pressure system has formed over northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas. The low pressure is likely to intensify and will trigger rainfall across the State, as per the latest forecast of the Regional Meteorological Department. On the […]

The country is expected to receive only 88 percent of the long-term average rainfall this year, Science and Technology minister Harsh Vardhan said today terming this year's monsoons as "below normal" to "deficient"

Smart City Rourkela is likely to witness massive waterlogging problems during monsoon due to the unresolved drainage issues in the region.

Bhubaneswar: Though the southwest monsoon has already started to withdraw from the eastern parts of the country, high temperature and hot climate will continue to give a tough time to people of Odisha till October 8, sources from the meteorological department said. “After the end of monsoon season, due to divergence in lower level of […]

Bhubaneswar: With the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) declaring the end of the Monsoon season this year, Odisha has recorded cumulative rainfall of 1292.2 mm against the LTA of 1144.3 mm which is a surplus of 12.9 per cent between the months of June to September. Eleven districts namely Kalahandi, Puri, Malkangiri, Kendrapara, Jajpur, Khordha, Jagatsinghpur, […]

A large part of Odisha including the state capital Bhubaneswar on Saturday experienced heavy rain due to low pressure and advancement of the south-west monsoon in the state, official sources said.