The southwest monsoon season concluded on Saturday with India receiving 'below-average' cumulative rainfall -- 820 mm compared to the long-period average of 868.6 mm -- in an El Nino year. IMAGE:......
India is poised to experience the driest August since 1901 which, senior meteorologists say, is a clear result of intensifying El Nino conditions. Photograph: ANI Photo Also, the monsoon this year......
India is expected to record normal rainfall during the second half of the monsoon season following excess precipitation in July, even as El Nino and other unfavourable conditions may suppress rain......
The onset of the southwest monsoon is being keenly watched this year as it may provide an early sign regarding its progress over the Indian subcontinent, particularly when El Niño is......
In a relief for the agriculture sector, India is expected to get normal rainfall during the southwest monsoon season despite the evolving El Nino conditions, the India meteorological department......
'The last time we had such a late withdrawal of monsoon was in 1960 or so.' IMAGE: National and state disaster response force personnel rescue citizens from the flood-affected Rajendra Nagar area......
'The first two months of the monsoon are not looking good.''In case both the halves fail, it is going to be misery.' IMAGE: The parched bed of the Chembarambakkam reservoir in Chennai in 2017.......
Monsoon is likely to be 96 per cent of the long period average The country is likely to have 'near normal' monsoon this year with a well distributed rainfall which could be beneficial for the......
East India, along with a major portion of central India, is likely to be at a higher risk of being rain deficient, especially during the first half of the season. Monsoon rains may be "below......
Skymet lowered its full season monsoon forecast to ‘below normal’ from ‘normal’, while the IMD is sticking to its earlier forecast that rains in June to September of 2018......