Bhubaneswar: Intense heat wave conditions made a comeback in the State with 14 places recording temperature above 40 degree Celsius on Wednesday.

MARGAO: Despite the India meteorology department (IMD) predicting a rain-deficient year for the country, amateur weather watchers feel that there is no cause for concern yet, as the quantum of rain

IMD has revised its monsoon forecast for 2015 from 'below normal' to 'deficit'

The deep depression in the Arabian Sea has intensified into cyclonic storm 'Ashobaa' and is expected to further develop into a 'super cyclonic storm' in next 24-36 hours, the weather office said.

Jaitley said on Thursday the IMD forecast was being drawn out in an exaggerated manner and conclusions on inflation or farm distress were far-fetched

Private forecasters are counting on temperature changes in the Indian Ocean to strengthen the monsoon current like it did in 1997, when rainfall was normal, despite a strong El Nino.

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The much-awaited southwest monsoon is likely to set over Kerala in the next 48 hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday.

The weather office revised its southwest monsoon forecast to 88 per cent of average rainfall with the El Nino effect apparently having taken hold, presenting the Narendra Modi government with a cha

The southwest monsoon, the lifeline of millions of farmers is now expected to hit the Kerala coast only around June 5, almost four days behind the usual onset on June 1.