Snow has blanketed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s northern region of Al Jouf, turning many parts of the region completely white since Friday morning, November 1. This follows showers of hail and heavy rains that lashed particularly in Sakaka City and Dumat Al Jandal. Heavy rains and hail have been falling in Al Jouf since … Read more
A building under construction in Bengaluru’s Babusapalya collapsed on Sunday morning due to heavy rainfall, trapping 17 workers beneath the debris. Emergency services quickly arrived at the site to commence rescue operations, as Bengaluru continues to face severe weather conditions. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams are actively … Read more
Weak consumer sentiments and above-normal rainfall dampened retail sales of passenger vehicles, two-wheelers and commercial vehicles in September, pulling the overall sales to customers down 9.26% year on year to 1,723,330 units, Federation of Automobile Dealership Associations (Fada) said on Monday. While the passenger vehicle retails have been on a decline for some months now, … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday spoke to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and took stock of the flood situation in the state. The Home Minister also spoke with the Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat and inquired about the increased water level in both states. He also assured the CMs of … Read more
A college student was killed and 13 others including 12 school students were injured at three different places in Assam due to heavy rainfall and storm in the aftermath of Cyclone Remal, officials confirmed on Tuesday. Many parts of Assam have been witnessing very heavy to heavy rainfall and severe storms since Monday as an … Read more
The India Meteorological Department has said that conditions are favorable for the further advancement of the Southwest Monsoon over various regions in the next two days. These areas include parts of the Southeast Arabian Sea, additional sections of the Maldives, the Comorin area, the South Bay of Bengal, and more areas of the Andaman & … Read more
Due to debris falling triggered by heavy rainfall, the Badrinath-Rishikesh highway has been closed near Sirobagadh. The closure of traffic affected passengers travelling to Badrinath and Kedarnath. Passengers en route to these destinations have been halted at Srikot-Srinagar and Kliyasod as a precautionary measure. Authorities have been alerted to exercise caution in their respective districts. … Read more
It’s been revealed that 3 000 structures have been damaged in the violent Cape storm 2024, reports IOL. Following severe South African Weather Service warnings, vicious storms have battered the Western Cape for the last 48 hours. In their wake, Cape storm 2024 has left a trail of destruction and residents to mop up and rebuild … Read more
Female farmers remain largely unrecognised as leading women in the agriculture sector, predominantly in countries where they make up the bulk of the workforce. With the current rate of global warming, which measured at 1.18 degrees Celsius over the average temperature predicted for the 20th century, the farming industry has been pushed to new limits. … Read more
Come rainfall or sunshine, the first day of school for 2024, Wednesday, 17 January, cannot be reversed. RAINFALL TO HIT A NUMBER OF PROVINCES ON FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL Hundreds of children will be moving on to the next grades while the little ones will begin their first chapter of a 12-year schooling journey.As mixed … Read more
