As the typhoon proceeds north over the Sea of Japan, 49 people are injured.

Typhoon Lan moved northward over the Sea of Japan on Wednesday after bringing torrential rainfall to western regions of Japan, injuring 49 people and disrupting train service during the summer vacation season.

Due to heavy rain in central Japan, direct bullet train service between the c...

50 sites of cultural heritage were harmed by torrential rainfall.

The government on Wednesday confirmed additional cases of damage to national heritage sites as a result of the weekend's torrential rainfall.

In addition to the 41 cases announced yesterday, the Cultural Heritage Administration reported that nine additional national heritage sites h...

Heavy rainfall is expected in Bengal during the next four days, according to the weather office.

As per heavy to very heavy rainfall is anticipated over the upcoming several days, On Thursday the India Meteorological Department (IMD) gave an alert for Bengal. Life has already been impacted in Sikkim and Darjeeling due to many landslides brought on by heavy rain.

It is quite likely ...

Australia Facing Deadly Climate Change Induced Floods

For the last two weeks, the east coast of Australia has been inundated by several rainstorms That have been so severe, they have been termed rain bombs.

Around 22 people have lost their lives to the floods and tens of thousands have had to be displaced and were forced to evacuate their ...

Tamil Nadu issues red alert in 20 districts across state

Chennai has been battling heavy rains over the past few days. The South Indian city has received 46% excess rainfall this season. The government has issued red-alert in 20 districts across Tamil Nadu.

Highlights

• Chennai is experiencing heavy rainfall f...

Heavy rainfall in Uttarakhand, 16 people dead

This is the third consecutive day, when Uttarakhand is experiencing heavy rainfall. This has led to chaos and disaster across the state. Roads were flooded with water and buildings collapsed, bridges destroyed and all water bodies were overflowing. Many locals and tourists remined stranded in rem...

DeepMind develops AI-based system to predict rainfall in the next 2 hours

Highlights

• DeepMind develop a forecasting system based on artificial intelligence
• It can accurately predict rainfall in the next 2 hours

Scientists at Google-owned DeepMind have developed a forecasting system based on artificial...

Three killed in Oman, as Cyclone Shaheen strikes on Sunday

Highlights

• Cyclone Shaheen slammed into Oman on Sunday
• Around 2,700 people put up in emergency shelters

Tropical Cyclone Shaheen strikes Oman on Sunday, killing three people. These ferocious winds and heavy rainfall caused flooding i...

AUSTRALIA: RESIDENTS EVACUATED AS SYDNEY BATTERED BY HEAVY RAINS

Highlights:

• The residents in Sydney have been battered by the floods caused by heavy rains
• A life threatening and record-breaking downpour has flooded the rivers in the country

On Saturday, a potentially life threatening, and record-...

PEOPLE ARE MISSING IN FRANCE AND ITALY FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINFALL

Highlights:

• France and Italy have been hit by the heavy rainfall
• Over a dozen of people are reported missing in the countries of France and Italy

More than a dozen of people were reported missing in the countries of France and as the...

BMC DECLARES HOLIDAY IN MUMBAI DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL

HIGHLIGHTS

• Heavy overnight rainfall in Mumbai caused waterlogging in many parts of the city.
• Road traffic as well as rail traffic got obstructed.
• BMC has declared holiday due to heavy rainfall.

On Tuesday night of 22 SEP 2...

WEATHER FORECAST: DELHI, WEST BENGAL TO WITNESS HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY & TOMORROW

Highlights

• Two people lost their lives in the accident that took place on the damaged bridge on NH 31

• The IMD said Delhi will witness heavy rainfall on July 29 and July 30 which could cause water logging

• This heavy rainfall will also cause disrup...

EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL WARNING ISSUED IN CHINA

Highlights:

• Weather alert during the China floods has changed to yellow, the third-highest of the four levels in the cities of Shanghai and Chongqing.
• More than 120 people died and many went missing due to the floods across the northern region of Chin...

MUMBAI WITNESSES HEAVY RAIN, IMD ISSUES RED ALERT FOR TODAY

Highlights

• The places in Mumbai, Raigad, Palghar and Thane might see heavy to very heavy rainfall on Saturday said the IMD

• The BMC has urged all the people to stay at safe place till the situation doesn’t get under control

• Many areas in the...

AUSTRALIA EXPERIENCES THE MOST RAINFALL SINCE 1992

Highlights:

• Australia experiences 176 mm of rainfall
• Wettest 24 hours since 1992
•  Another 200 millimeter of rainfall expected

Australia is a land of extremes. Being an arid island wildfires are not new to the country...

The pleasant recovery of rain after bushfires is threatening our rivers with disaster

Another ecological threat will occur as heavy rainfall finally extinguishes the fires ravaging south-east Australia. Washing sediments, ash and debris in our rivers, particularly in the Murray-Darling Basin, will decide aquatic life.

We saw this before. Amid 2003 bushfi...

The Fires of the Amazon

The recent fire in the Amazon was a topic that the world debated over. Until the fire raged there was a photograph that was doing its round of the last man in the Amazon, a man untouched by the civilized world outside. The fires of the Amazon was a topic of discussion of the G 7 Summit too. The G 7 ...