[
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]With 395 mm rain in 48 hrs, Mumbai monsoon its second wettest ever
The highest all-time seasonal rainfall was during 1958 at 3,759.7mm, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Thus, this year’s monsoon rain is the highest since 1959, or in 61 years
Updated on Sep 24, 2020 03:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | Badri Chatterjee
Smoke chokes West Coast as death toll climbs to 27
For people already enduring the coronavirus pandemic, the resulting economic fallout and political tensions evident in the Black Lives Matter protests and far-right counter protests, the fires added a new layer of misery.
Updated on Sep 13, 2020 04:47 AM IST
Salem | Associated Press | Posted by Prashasti Singh
Greta Thunberg calls for immediate focus of news on wildfires raging across the US West Coast
‘It needs to dominate the news. All the time’: Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg draws social media users’ attention on the wildfires that are raging across parts of the US West Coast as they doubled in size between Wednesday and Thursday
Updated on Sep 11, 2020 09:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Delhi | Zarafshan Shiraz
Excerpt: Hop On; My Adventures on Boats, Trains and Planes by Ruskin Bond
Today is Ruskin Bond’s 86th birthday. In celebration, here is an excerpt from a story featured in his new book for children
Updated on May 19, 2020 02:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Ruskin Bond
India vs Bangladesh weather update: Good news for cricket fans ahead of Rajkot T20I
The Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm (ESCS) Maha had seemingly moved away from the west coast of India till last Tuesday but it has since turned around and was heading towards the Gujarat coast.
Updated on Nov 07, 2019 04:30 PM IST
Rajkot | Indo Asian News Service
India to conduct military drills with US, Russia
The exercises with the two countries will be conducted in a tri-service format (involving their armies, navies and air forces) -- for the first time with the US and the second with Russia.
Updated on Oct 27, 2019 12:54 AM IST
New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Cyclone Kyarr batters Goa, disrupts normal life
More than 200 fishing boats and trawlers from various parts of the west coast including Maharashtra and Gujarat have sought refuge in Goa while one trawler capsized necessitating the rescue of four crew while a fifth person is still missing.
Updated on Oct 25, 2019 02:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Gerard de Souza
West coast states ‘casual’ towards disaster preparedness: Man who built India’s tsunami warning system
Shailesh Nayak, the director of the National Institute of Advanced Studies in Bengaluru, said the country’s west coast was not immune to tsunamis or cyclones but the disaster preparedness left a lot to be desired.
Published on Sep 27, 2019 12:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Panaji | Gerard de Souza
No relief as Mumbai, suburbs get widespread overnight heavy rains
From 8.30 am on Saturday to 8.30 am on Sunday, Mumbai suburbs recorded 119mm of rain (very heavy) while 66.4mm (heavy) rain was recorded in south Mumbai.
Published on Sep 08, 2019 01:09 PM IST
RIP Siddhartha: CCD outlets shut for a day
The decision came just hours after VG Siddhartha’s body was fished out of the Netravathi river on the west coast earlier in the day.
Updated on Jul 31, 2019 11:59 AM IST
Bengaluru | Indo-Asian News Service
Monsoon rains to lash Mumbai for next 3 days: IMD
Today, the minimum and maximum temperatures will hover around 24 degree Celsius and 31 degree Celsius with relative humidity at 89 per cent.
Published on Jun 29, 2019 09:59 AM IST
New Delhi | Asian News International
Mumbai civic body yet to pay ₹254 crore for environmental conservation over coastal road
After work began in Dec, BMC yet to pay 2% of project cost for environmental nod granted in 2017
Updated on Feb 13, 2019 08:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | Badri Chatterjee, Mumbai
Western Naval Command undertakes one-year clean-up drive in Mumbai
In what is one of the largest waste collection and removal drive by any organisation along the west coast, WNC has removed 2,466 tons of scrap material from their headquarters, dockyard and residential spaces over the past year
Updated on Oct 01, 2018 11:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Mumbai