India has retained its forecast for this year's monsoon rains at 88 per cent of the long-period average as a strengthening El Nino weather pattern is likely to trim rainfall in August-September to

Super typhoon Soudelor, possibly the strongest storm of 2015, is powering towards Taiwan in the north-west Pacific after causing widespread damage in the Northern Mariana Islands.

The government has confirmed that over 9,000 hectares (ha) of rice fields in six provinces have experienced harvest failure over the past few months as it warns that this year’s dry season has not

Rains may remain weak over the rest of the monsoon season, the India Meteorological Department warned on Monday, predicting an all India rainfall deficit of 16% for the months of August and Septemb

The LPA for the country as a whole for the second half of the monsoon is 43.5 cm

El Nino effect being witnessed could strengthen at the end of this year to adversely impact the rabi season and cause heat waves during next year’s summer in India, said Asian Development Bank (ADB

Skymet Weather Services, a private agency, may revise its monsoon forecast again this month after its July prediction turned out to be off the mark and rainfall in June was higher than estimated.

Warmer-than-usual water in parts of the Pacific Ocean indicates that a developing El Niño is intensifying and might become one of the strongest on record.

Central India, comprising Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, received 68% more rains than normal during the week

Australia's agricultural sector can expect above-average rains in the western part of the country over the next three months, while some southeastern regions could be unseasonably dry, according to