Hyderabad, Jan 10 : Northeast monsoon has withdrawn from Rayalaseema and South Coastal Andhra Pradesh today. Isolated rain or thundershowers would occur over Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Rayalaseema over next 48 hours. The outlook for subseque...

Kho has been missing since the devastating flash floods last Thursday when she slipped and fell into a monsoon drain at Jalan Rock on the second day of the school year. Batu Lintang fire chief Mohd Azlee Mohd Arus has been leading the search operation ...

The 15 crew members onboard were forced to abandon ship as wild monsoon weather pounded the vessel against rocks at the island's Flying Fish Cove - the site of the asylum seeker disaster which killed about 50 people in December 2010. Start of sidebar.

The retired government employee, who settled in Shimla in 1955, says till the 1990s, heavy rainfall during the monsoon was a normal feature of the town. "There used to be heavy rainfall during monsoon and it continued for days together. From June onwar...

KUALA LUMPUR -- As Peninsula Malaysia enters the second half of the 2011/2012 northeast monsoon season, it inevitably means less clouds and more of the sun's rays, according to the Malaysian Meteorological Department. The heat from the sun relatively ...

KOLKATA: Kolkatans woke up to an overcast sky resembling monsoon on Friday. A sharp spell of rain followed, making people wonder if this was indeed the peak of winter. Even meteorologists said rain at this time of the year was very uncommon and ...

THE northeast monsoon with winds reaching 60kph and waves as high as 5.5 metres have turned the east coast of Johor, especially around Desaru, into a dangerous spot. Southern region maritime enforcement chief First Admiral (Maritime) Zulkifli Abu Bakar...

KUCHING: A student and her would-be rescuer are missing after both fell into a monsoon drain during massive flash floods that left the city crippled. Kho Ying Oi, 19, and Herman Sihas, a 29-year-old petrol station employee, have yet to be found at pres...

It is aimed at better prediction through improved dynamic numerical model The Union Cabinet is likely to give its final approval for a national mission to try and improve the accuracy of monsoon forecasts by this month-end. This was stated by Secretary...

The last six months have been a difficult time for the Far Eastern nation, with excessive monsoon rains leaving many areas under water – and new downpours in the southern regions have led to the FCO publishing a new travel warning. ‘Heavy rainfall ...

Even though the district witnessed light showers in the beginning of October, loss of crop is inevitable. Agriculture department officials indicated that shortage of rainfall would have a huge bearing on the yield this season. Officials disclosed ...

BANGKOK, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Residents in some part of south Thailand were ordered to evacuate immediately from ravaging and expanding floods Sunday night, following days of heavy downpours triggered by seasonal monsoon. Songkla, Narathiwa, Phatthalung ...

while a northeast monsoon is affecting Northern luzon. “Visayas and Mindanao will have mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms becoming cloudy with widespread rains over Eastern and Southern Mindanao which may trigger ...

It is normal to record a higher spring tide during the north-east monsoon and the difference is mainly due to meteorological factors largely due to strong or prolonged winds,' a spokesman said. A spring tide occurs when the moon is full or new ...

(AGI) Bangkok - The death toll from months of floods, made worse by the monsoon season, reached 823 in Thailand. The waters seem to be receding now, but this has been the worst natural disaster the country has suffered in the last five years. Many peop...

We usually know the monsoon period, the times of flash floods and the dramatic changes in the weather. However, we do not take preventive measures to alleviate the flood situation in many parts of the country. Only when floods occur do the authorities ...

When monsoon flooding struck Sindh Province earlier this year, Tariq was one of the 2.4 million children affected. Now, as families begin to return to their devastated homes, Tariq faces even greater challenges than most. Tariq is disabled; he was stru...

The tropical low had been tipped to reform as a cyclone and hit parts of Cape York, but the weather bureau says it will remain a monsoonal low. The low reached the western coast of Cape York Peninsula, 45 kilometres north-northwest of Pormpuraaw, late ...

KOCHI: Not many days have passed since the monsoon receded, but Kochi has already been gripped by water shortage. And most of the city councilors are a worried lot as they believe that except for central Ernakulam, the city would face severe ...

The current water position will help them see through the summer, until the South West Monsoon hits the Western Coast around June 1, said TWAD Board sources. The present water level in the Siruvani Dam stands at 43.40 feet. At present there is no inflo...

Fisherman Sulaiman Muda, 49, said in the past, boats were sheltered at huts but the waves could easily get to them during the monsoon season. "We are thankful for the seawall built more than a year ago, stretching from Sultan Mahmud Airport about 2km a...

Many Tucsonans might remember the catastrophic floods of 1983. In the beginning of October, after a very wet monsoon season, hurricane remnants parked itself over southern Arizona, dumping tremendous amounts of rain on already saturated soils. Not only...

MONSOON rains and a developing low pressure area (LPA) proved to be disastrous for huge areas in Mindanao and Visayas that were lashed by non-stop rains that triggered massive floods. The Philippine Astronomical Geophysical and Astronomical Services ...

Kota Kinabalu: Two vehicles plunged into a monsoon drain in Penampang and Ketiau River, in Putatan, on Christmas Day. A man in his 40s who just returned from Donggongon township lost control of his Perodua Kancil and fell into the drain in Kg Nosoob At...

"The northeast monsoon will bring light rains in Luzon while the wind convergence (meeting of northeast monsoon and winds coming from the Pacific Ocean) will bring light to moderate rainfall in Visayas and Mindanao. These are the dominant systems in th...

Nathaniel Servando, administrator of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), said the wind convergence and the northeast monsoon would be the dominant weather systems until the weekend. “Luzon will ...

The National Environment Agency had warned of wet weather from December 24 to 26 due to a monsoon surge in the region. On Friday, Liat Towers was affected by floodwaters due to prolonged heavy rain, though not as seriously as in 2010 as ...

In a statement, the agency said a monsoon surge was currently affecting the region and bringing cloudy conditions with occasional light to moderate rain to Singapore. The monsoon surge was expected to intensify and bring intermittent moderate to heavy ...

However, sources in the government said that the kharif yield of onion could be 50 per cent less than last year’s output in Karnataka and 20 per cent less than in Maharashtra and Gujarat. But higher late kharif and rabi yields would ma­ke up for the...

IPOH: The state Public Works Department is keeping an eye on landslide-prone hillslopes in view of the current monsoon season. Its director Datuk Dr Safry Kamal Ahmad said the department's personnel were out on the field, checking for signs of erosion.