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Himachal Pradesh Sees Weak Monsoon, Rain Deficit 43% Since June
The deficit in July till Sunday was 36 per cent with the state receiving 105.1 mm of rain against 165.3 mm.
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Weak Rainfall Activity Over India To Continue Till August 15: Forecast
The current spell of weak monsoon over the country is likely to continue for the next five days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday.
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Monsoon Arrives In Delhi But Rains To Remain Weak For Next 3 Days
The India Meteorological Department on Thursday declared the onset of monsoon in the national capital, two days earlier than the usual date of June 27.
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Chennai School Spends 5 Lakh To Save 80-Year-Old Tree, Home To Parrots
The Doveton Girls Higher Secondary School in Chennai has spent around five lakh rupees to save an 80-year-old Rain Tree on it's campus. The tree at the centre of the campus that had turned weak a few years ago due to old age, now has iron girders supporting it erected over a concrete foundation to prevent it from falling.
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Rain Unlikely To Extinguish Amazon Forest Fires Anytime Soon, Say Experts
Weak rainfall is unlikely to extinguish a record number of fires raging in Brazil's Amazon anytime soon, with pockets of precipitation through September 10 expected to bring only isolated relief, according to weather data and two experts.
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India Suffers Driest June In Five Years, Fears For Crops And Economy
India had its driest June in five years due to a delay in monsoon rains, the weather department said late on Sunday, raising fears for crops and the broader economy.
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9% Rain Deficit So Far, Weathermen Expect Monsoon To Revive In Two Weeks
Even as the generous rainfall in Mumbai in grabbing headlines, there is a nine per cent monsoon deficit in the country so far. Rainfall deficit of below 10 per cent is dubbed as drought. Dr DS Pai, scientist and lead forecaster for India Meteorological Department told NDTV that the possibility of a weak El Nino developing could be a cause of worry.
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Weak Monsoon Delays Cotton, Soybean Sowing In India
Sowing of summer-sown crops such as soybean, cotton, corn and pulses has been delayed in India due to the slow progress of monsoon rains in central and western parts of the country, raising concerns over output, industry officials told Reuters.
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"Weak" Southwest Monsoon To Revive in Five To Six Days, Says Met Office
The southwest monsoon has weakened after remaining "very active" during the first half of June, a meteorological department official said today, adding it is expected to revive in the next five-six days.
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Kashmir's Saffron Farmers' Earnings Dry Up Due To Weak Rains
Saffron of the highest quality grows in the fields at Pampore on the outskirts of Srinagar, but this year there are no blooming saffron crops -- only clusters of purple flowers, that too barely in sigh
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Opinion: When Rain Creates Hell, Take Chief Ministers to Court
Our ability to forget and forgive is our biggest weakness, which the Establishment exploits unabashedly.
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Kerala to Witness Weak Monsoon Till Monday
The monsoon has finally reached mainland India with two consecutive days of rain in Kerala.
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In India's Grain Bowl, Recent Rains Ease Weak Monsoon Worries
Recent unseasonal rainfall in India has come as a blessing for some farmers as it has replenished reservoirs in parts of the country, allaying concerns stemming from forecasts for a weak summer monsoon this year.
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Private Weather Forecaster Skymet Predicts Normal Monsoon
The southwest monsoon this year will be normal, with many parts of north India expected to receive good rainfall while parts of south India may experience weak precipitation, Skymet, a private weather forecasting agency has predicted.
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Poor Monsoon Threatens First Drought in Five Years
Weak rainfall in India since the start last month of the monsoon season, crucial to the country's agricultural earnings, has raised concerns of a first drought in five years, although weather experts are hopeful rains will revive in the next week.
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Himachal Pradesh Sees Weak Monsoon, Rain Deficit 43% Since June
The deficit in July till Sunday was 36 per cent with the state receiving 105.1 mm of rain against 165.3 mm.
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Weak Rainfall Activity Over India To Continue Till August 15: Forecast
The current spell of weak monsoon over the country is likely to continue for the next five days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday.
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Monsoon Arrives In Delhi But Rains To Remain Weak For Next 3 Days
The India Meteorological Department on Thursday declared the onset of monsoon in the national capital, two days earlier than the usual date of June 27.
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Chennai School Spends 5 Lakh To Save 80-Year-Old Tree, Home To Parrots
The Doveton Girls Higher Secondary School in Chennai has spent around five lakh rupees to save an 80-year-old Rain Tree on it's campus. The tree at the centre of the campus that had turned weak a few years ago due to old age, now has iron girders supporting it erected over a concrete foundation to prevent it from falling.
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Rain Unlikely To Extinguish Amazon Forest Fires Anytime Soon, Say Experts
Weak rainfall is unlikely to extinguish a record number of fires raging in Brazil's Amazon anytime soon, with pockets of precipitation through September 10 expected to bring only isolated relief, according to weather data and two experts.
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India Suffers Driest June In Five Years, Fears For Crops And Economy
India had its driest June in five years due to a delay in monsoon rains, the weather department said late on Sunday, raising fears for crops and the broader economy.
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9% Rain Deficit So Far, Weathermen Expect Monsoon To Revive In Two Weeks
Even as the generous rainfall in Mumbai in grabbing headlines, there is a nine per cent monsoon deficit in the country so far. Rainfall deficit of below 10 per cent is dubbed as drought. Dr DS Pai, scientist and lead forecaster for India Meteorological Department told NDTV that the possibility of a weak El Nino developing could be a cause of worry.
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Weak Monsoon Delays Cotton, Soybean Sowing In India
Sowing of summer-sown crops such as soybean, cotton, corn and pulses has been delayed in India due to the slow progress of monsoon rains in central and western parts of the country, raising concerns over output, industry officials told Reuters.
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"Weak" Southwest Monsoon To Revive in Five To Six Days, Says Met Office
The southwest monsoon has weakened after remaining "very active" during the first half of June, a meteorological department official said today, adding it is expected to revive in the next five-six days.
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Kashmir's Saffron Farmers' Earnings Dry Up Due To Weak Rains
Saffron of the highest quality grows in the fields at Pampore on the outskirts of Srinagar, but this year there are no blooming saffron crops -- only clusters of purple flowers, that too barely in sigh
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Opinion: When Rain Creates Hell, Take Chief Ministers to Court
Our ability to forget and forgive is our biggest weakness, which the Establishment exploits unabashedly.
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Kerala to Witness Weak Monsoon Till Monday
The monsoon has finally reached mainland India with two consecutive days of rain in Kerala.
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In India's Grain Bowl, Recent Rains Ease Weak Monsoon Worries
Recent unseasonal rainfall in India has come as a blessing for some farmers as it has replenished reservoirs in parts of the country, allaying concerns stemming from forecasts for a weak summer monsoon this year.
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Private Weather Forecaster Skymet Predicts Normal Monsoon
The southwest monsoon this year will be normal, with many parts of north India expected to receive good rainfall while parts of south India may experience weak precipitation, Skymet, a private weather forecasting agency has predicted.
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Poor Monsoon Threatens First Drought in Five Years
Weak rainfall in India since the start last month of the monsoon season, crucial to the country's agricultural earnings, has raised concerns of a first drought in five years, although weather experts are hopeful rains will revive in the next week.
