Pre Monsoon Showers

The union government has offered Rs 200 crore to Kerala under the Urban Mitigation Programme for the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram, which witnessed waterlogging during the recent pre-monsoon showers.

While a thunderstorm coupled with heavy rain brought much-needed respite from the sweltering heat to residents of Mumbai on Monday evening, air, road and rail traffic in the city took a severe hit.

Monsoons played truant in Mumbai today, but the build-up continued. Heavy rains since morning flooded roads, delayed trains and diverted at least one flight. Navy personnel will be posted from tonight in parts of the city to help with the operations. The met department has said these are pre-monsoon showers and the monsoon will hit sometime over th...

Where is the monsoon? A question that cotton farmer Govardhan Ghadage thought was already answered with the Met Department's positive forecast. But with pre monsoon showers too vanishing in drought hit Marathwada's Beed district, Mr Ghadage is fearing the worst. As seeds worth Rs 15,000 that have already been sown are now at risk.

There's finally some good news on the weather front as New Delhi experienced pre-monsoon showers today.

The union government has offered Rs 200 crore to Kerala under the Urban Mitigation Programme for the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram, which witnessed waterlogging during the recent pre-monsoon showers.

While a thunderstorm coupled with heavy rain brought much-needed respite from the sweltering heat to residents of Mumbai on Monday evening, air, road and rail traffic in the city took a severe hit.

Monsoons played truant in Mumbai today, but the build-up continued. Heavy rains since morning flooded roads, delayed trains and diverted at least one flight. Navy personnel will be posted from tonight in parts of the city to help with the operations. The met department has said these are pre-monsoon showers and the monsoon will hit sometime over th...

Where is the monsoon? A question that cotton farmer Govardhan Ghadage thought was already answered with the Met Department's positive forecast. But with pre monsoon showers too vanishing in drought hit Marathwada's Beed district, Mr Ghadage is fearing the worst. As seeds worth Rs 15,000 that have already been sown are now at risk.

There's finally some good news on the weather front as New Delhi experienced pre-monsoon showers today.