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Record high temp, red alerts and no respite: Europe heatwave sets new records

A firefighter uses water cannon to spray residents at Heroes Square to help them cool off during a severe heatwave in Budapest, Hungary

Published 8 days ago

El Nino: Why India could see less rain and more heat due to this weather cycle

India may see tough weather conditions this year.

Published 79 days ago

Strong El Nino could bring less rain to India, World Meteorological Org finds

El Nino could bring less rain in 2026.

Updated 79 days ago

India likely to see record heat, below-normal rain in May–July as El Niño looms: WMO

The latest monthly Global Seasonal Climate Update from WMO signals a clear shift in the equatorial Pacific, with sea-surface temperatures rising rapidly and pointing to a likely return of El Niño as early as May–July 2026.

Published 80 days ago

Weather Bee: How much global warming to expect in 2026

At more than 5,800 meters above sea level, an international team of scientists is drilling deep into the Pamir glaciers of Tajikistan to extract the region’s first-ever deep ice cores to preserve the Earth’s climatic memory before global warming erases it forever. (AFP)

Updated 191 days ago

Largest glacier mass loss in past 3 years: World Meteorological Organisation

Five of the past six years have seen the most rapid glacier retreat ever recorded, the WMO said. (AP/ Representative image)

Updated 479 days ago

La Nina may not lead to dip in temperatures soon: WMO

La Niña refers to the large-scale cooling of the ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. (FIle photo)

Published 770 days ago

India among worst hit by extreme heat, floods, glacier disaster in 2023: WMO

In India, severe heatwaves in April and June resulted in about 110 reported fatalities due to heatstroke. (HT Photo)

Updated 811 days ago

World Meteorological Day 2024: Date, history, significance

Every year, World Meteorological Day is observed on March 23.

Published 843 days ago

Act now or face extinction soon

The crisis has become “The defining challenge that humanity faces”, WMO secretary-general Celeste Saulo said (Representative file image)

Published 844 days ago

2023 was India’s second warmest year in India on record

Commuters walk on the road amid heatwave in Patna, Bihar in April, 2023. (Santosh Kumar/HT photo)

Updated 923 days ago

Half the countries in world lack adequate multi-hazard early warning systems: Report

HT Image

Updated 952 days ago

Virtually certain that 2023 will be the warmest year, says WMO report

Maruja Inquilla walks on a dried out portion of Lake Titicaca in Coata, Peru, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, due to falling water levels amid a winter heat wave. (AP)

Updated 955 days ago

Greenhouse gas levels record high, raising climate tipping point concerns:Report

A protest against climate crisis. (Reuters)

Updated 970 days ago

El Nino likely to last till April, push temperatures up globally: WMO

For India, the impact could be a warm winter, more fog, and summer heat waves, an expert said. (Hindustan Times)

Updated 977 days ago

World could breach dire 1.5° C threshold, say experts

Experts say the world may breach the 1.5 degrees C warming threshold in the coming years. (HT Archive)

Updated 1006 days ago

July this year set to be the hottest month on record, finds analysis

A woman cools off at Fontana della Barcaccia at the Spanish Steps in Rome during a heatwave across Italy on July 17 . (REUTERS)

Updated 1081 days ago

Funding energy transition in developing nations key to curbing emissions

Developing economies argue that they have a lesser responsibility of doing so because of their lower historical contribution. (HT file photo)

Updated 1096 days ago

Climate crisis: Beginning of July hottest week on record, says WMO

A child refreshes at the Barcaccia fountain of Rome's Spanish Steps, on Monday. An intense heatwave has reached Italy, bringing temperatures close to 40°C in many cities across the country. (AP)

Updated 1098 days ago

Earth records hottest day– third day running

(File Photo)

Updated 1103 days ago

UN climate agency picks Argentina's Celeste Saulo as its first woman leader

Argentina's Celeste Saulo poses after she was elected as Secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday.

Published 1137 days ago

IMD DG Mrutyunjay Mohapatra elected 3rd VP of World Meteorological Organisation

Mrutyunjay Mohapatra

Published 1137 days ago

India aims for key position ahead of WMO executive council polls

IMD D-G Mohapatra’s election will allow India to influence the global policy on early warnings and disasters. (IMD)

Updated 1139 days ago

UN weather agency to choose next chief to lead its fight against climate change

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Published 1139 days ago

2023 Atlantic Hurricane season names announced by WMO: Arlene, Bret, Cindy…

An aerial view of flood waters and destruction caused by Hurricane Delta in Creole, Louisiana in 2020. (Mario Tama / AFP)

Published 1147 days ago

World should prepare for El Nino: WMO

A map WMO issued on expected rainfall patterns globally during El Nino years. (WMO)

Updated 1167 days ago

World Meteorological Day 2023: History, theme, all you need to know

Meteorology is a field of study that deals with the atmosphere and its phenomena, with focus on weather forecasting.

Published 1208 days ago

CO2 now 50% higher than pre-industrial levels: WMO

Activists of the environment organisation Greenpeace protest with CO2 letters illuminated with flames in front of the Brandenburg Gate against the climate crisis in Berlin, Germany, on May 6, 2021. (AP/FILE)

Updated 1340 days ago

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