Worldwide, the huge volume of water stored behind large dams is estimated at 7,000 to 8,300 cubic kilometres, enough to cover about 80 per cent of Canada’s landmass under a metre of water. In another 40 years most people on Earth who lives downstream of tens of thousands of large dams built in the Read More…
Heavy rain flooded roads halted Chennai and Suburbans
The overnight rains led to inundation in many areas like Velachery, Madipakkam, Saidapet, KK Nagar, Adambakkam, Anna Nagar, Kodungaiyur, Vysarpadi, Perambur, Purasaiwalkam, Kellys and suburbs surrounding Tambaram. Several parts of Chennai received moderate to heavy rains on Tuesday under the influence of an easterly trough. During the past 24 hours ending 8.30 am Read More…
Delhi under Severe cold wave recorded 15 years lowest at 1.1 Deg C
A severe cold wave swept Delhi as the mercury plummeted to 1.1 degrees Celsius, the lowest in 15 years, and “very dense” fog lowered visibility to “zero” metres, affecting traffic movement On January 8, 2006, the city had recorded a minimum of 0.2 degree Celsius. The lowest minimum temperature recorded in January last year Read More…
Climate emergency warns UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
Dozens of world leaders addressed the one-day virtual gathering, aimed at building momentum for more ambitious national commitments ahead of a pivotal round of climate talks due to take place in Glasgow in late 2021. “Can anybody still deny that we are facing a dramatic emergency?” United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said via video. Read More…
Mystery behind Eluru illness is a cause of concern says Chandrababu Naidu
Former CM Chandrabau Naidu demanded that Chief Minister Reddy must disclose the results of tests held till date to uncover the reasons behind the illness in Eluru, West Godavari district headquarters. “There were rising fears over the presence of heavy metals like lead and nickel in the drinking water. Chandrabau Naidu called for a scientific Read More…
Burevi Cyclone influenced rain inundated delta districts Tuticorin Rameswaram
Due to the heavy rains, the Cauvery delta region farmers are worried as the paddy crops were left inundated. Nagapattinam and Tiruvarur districts also largely bore the brunt of Burevi influenced rain. With the weakened depression stalled over Rameswaram for more than 40 hours now, the districts around Rameswaram, Thoothukudi, Cuddalore and Delta districts have Read More…
IMD issues red colour coded warning for Southern TN and Kerala
The IMD has issued a red-colour coded warning for the southern areas of Tamil Nadu Kerala in view of the brewing storm and said that these areas are expected to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall. Less than a week after Cyclone Nivar battered Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry , another storm is expected to Read More…
Nivar Cyclone devastation not confine to Tamilnadu , Pondicherry but Andhra pradesh also
Nivar that caused enormous damage to Coastal districts particularly Cuddalore , Chennai in Tamilnadu and Pondicherry Nivar so far had killed 4 persons in Tamilnadu and the heavy rain it bought has made lakes overflow and flooded Suburban Chennai Agricultural crop in Tamilnadu and Pondicherry affected more than 1 lakhs acres It Read More…
Nivar bought rains 84 Villages in Tamilnadu served floor alert
Kanchipuram District Collector Maheswari Ravikumar issued flood warning to 35 villages on Friday along Palar river as the inflow into the river has been increased to 20,000 cusecs so far. It is set to go up by another 20,000 cusecs in the due course. In order to handle the crisis that may occur after Read More…
Low pressure in BoB to intensify into a depression on November 30 : IMD
Deputy Director General of Meteorology, Chennai, S Balachandran, told reporters that the system was likely to intensify into a depression later. According to Deputy Director General of Meteorology, Chennai, S Balachandran “A low pressure area is likely to form over southeast Bay of Bengal during the next 48 hours. It is very likely Read More…