National Meteorological Centre

China issues an alert for strong typhoon Tokage

The NMC advised local authorities to take precautions against the typhoon and ships in affected regions to go back to ports, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Nov 27, 2016, 16:30 PM IST

China raises storm alert level to yellow

 China's meteorological authority on Tuesday raised its storm alert to yellow for heavy rain across the country in the coming two days.

Jul 19, 2016, 11:42 AM IST

Cold front to hit China with snow, plunging mercury

A strong cold front will bring heavy rain and snow to some parts of central and east China, plunging temperatures over the next three days, the national observatory forecast on Thursday.

Mar 31, 2016, 14:51 PM IST

Year's worst smog to hit north China

According to the National Meteorological Centre, the air pollution will last through the following Tuesday and be worse than the spell between December 6-9, which forced Beijing to issue its highest smog alert for the first time since the emergency response system was created in October 2013.

Dec 17, 2015, 19:27 PM IST

Smog shrouds parts of China again

Smog began to cover parts of northern and central China from Sunday, and will cause medium-level or heavy air pollution in coming days, according to the National Meteorological Centre (NMC).

Dec 06, 2015, 13:50 PM IST