Climate change may cause threefold increase in powerful storms in some regions: study
The impact on local communities could be severe, with more intense and extreme storms leading to greater large-scale flooding events, according to the study.
Nov 28, 2018, 15:37 PM IST
Extreme weather conditions single most prominent risk to global economy: World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum's 48th annual meeting will take place on January 23-26, 2018, in Switzerland.
Jan 17, 2018, 19:18 PM IST
Social media sites like Twitter can apprise public of adverse weather conditions – Here's how
A significant rise or drop in the level of temperature leads to an increase in the number of weather-related tweets, finds the study.
Jul 20, 2017, 13:49 PM IST
Farmers to get free SMS on extreme weather conditions
The government on Thursday launched a free SMS service called 'Nowcast' to provide alerts on extreme weather conditions like hailstorm every three hours to over one crore registered farmers on their mobile phones.
Jun 18, 2015, 19:06 PM IST
