PANJIM: Despite receiving some respite from the dry spell the State has witnessed since Friday, Goa’s rainfall deficit is still 25 percent.

The government has set aside Sh5 billion and put on standby 70,000 National Youth Service members in readiness for the destructive El Nino rains expected from October.

Meteorologists are churning through the alphabet to come up with new names for storms, as what US space agency NASA dubs the "tropical train" spawns yet another cyclone.

Britons may not have had much to smile about weather-wise recently – having endured the coldest summer for three years – but things are set to change with a week of sunshine and warm temperatures b

Australia increased its wheat production estimate after El Nino-defying rain in winter boosted the outlook for yields in key growing regions.

This year's early withdrawal of the southwest monsoon from western India could lead to an early onset of the northeast monsoon over southern states.

BENGALURU: Variations in atmospheric moisture can influence winds blowing in the higher reaches of the atmosphere, according to a study by Indian Institute of Science (IISc) researchers.

Rarely have farmers in Rajasthan felt more frustrated during a monsoon than they have felt in the 2015 season.

India's monsoon rains are likely to be below the prior forecast of 88 percent of the long-term average, the weather office chief said, which could make it the driest year since 2009 and worsen rura