A comparison between TRMM PR rainfall estimates and rain gauge data from ANEEL and combined gauge/satellite data from GPCP over South America (SA) is made. In general, the annual and seasonal regional characteristics of rainfall over SA are qualitatively well reproduced by TRMM PR and GPCP. It is found that over most of SA GPCP exceeds TRMM PR rainfall.

Archita Bhatta Scientists pore over data to explain the unusual weather They can

Heat waves follow a dry spell in Orissa and West Bengal, killing 80 people in April. Dust storms take Assam by surprise and Malwa scrambles for water. What

Central, northern India have a new date with the rains april, May and early June may be the future monsoon months of north and central India. As of now, the official date for the beginning of monsoons is June 29. But there has been a clear increase in rainfall in the months preceding June. This is because the atmosphere in north India is warming at a rate much faster than the rest of

Thiruvananthapuram, May 28 Weather conditions seem to have reverted to pre-monsoon coordinates with a signature north-south trough (or wind discontinuity) reappearing along

ITANAGAR, May 27

Monsoon 2009 has done a Jenson Button, racing into Bengal late on Monday, a fortnight ahead of schedule, powered by the turbo drive of Aila.

The Assam Government has almost resigned to the fate that waterlogging in Guwahati city cannot be totally prevented and now the focus is on ensuring quick discharge of water to reduce the miseries of the citizens.

Heavy flooding and landslides have killed 94 people and left thousands of families homeless in northern Afghanistan since May 20, the United Nations said on Monday.

Some 8,000 houses in 207 villages have been totally or partially destroyed after heavy rain across five provinces, affecting 13,689 families, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement.

KENDRAPARA: Life was thrown out of gear in several parts of coastal Orissa due to heavy rains accompanied by gales today under the impact of a cyclonic storm, even as tidal waves lashed some areas.

Incessant rain triggered by the depression submerged low-lying areas in the coastal districts of Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapara.

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