Water Resources

Rainwater harvesting pits can help Hyderabad save 185 mn gallons of rainwater this monsoon

The data is based on the fact that the city has at least 60,000 cubic metres of volume of RWH pits which can accumulate this much of rainwater over the year.

Publication Date: 
23/05/2019
New Indian Express (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Telangana, Water Harvesting, Rainfall, Water Conservation, Water Resources
Natural Disasters

State wise flood damage statistics

The damage data upto 2017 has been finalized in CWC duly confirmed by the states. State wise damage data and for the country as a whole for the period 1953 to 2017 has been included.

Publication Date: 
17/05/2019
Central Water Commission (CWC)
Tags:
Floods, India, Statistics, Rainfall
Agriculture

Soil loss atlas of Malawi

The Soil Loss Atlas of Malawi builds a comprehensive picture of soils in the country by examining different types of soil loss and their drivers across the 27 districts of Malawi. The publication captures information on soil types, land cover and land use types, topography, mean annual rainfall, soil loss rates and soil nutrient loss rates.

Publication Date: 
15/05/2019
FAO
Tags:
Soil Erosion, Agriculture, Land Use, Rainfall, Malawi, Africa
Climate Change

Why India struggles to cope with droughts

Instead of coming up with a comprehensive solution, govt's act when the situation worsens

Publication Date: 
07/05/2019
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Impacts, Droughts, Crops, Rainfall, Climate Change
Natural Disasters

Paddy fields inundated due to heavy rain in Boko as an aftereffect of cyclone Fani

Boko: More than 3,000 bighas of paddy land and eight villages were affected by flash flood due to the two-day long heavy rainfall induced by cyclone Fani in Boko constituency.

Publication Date: 
06/05/2019
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Meghalaya, Cyclone, Rainfall, Rice, Crop Yield, Natural Disasters
Climate Change

Scaling up climate information services through public-private partnership business models: An example from northern Ghana

Between 2011 and 2017, CCAFS West Africa piloted how the dissemination of climate information services (CIS) to farmers in its climate-smart village sites (Lawra and Jirapa) in Ghana could help the

Publication Date: 
03/05/2019
Relief Web
Tags:
Climate Change, Ghana, Farmers, Women, Rainfall, Agriculture, Irrigation, Food Security, Africa
Climate Change

Annual climate summary 2018

Climate over India during 2018 was significantly warm in respect of temperature. The annual mean temperature for the country this year was +0.40°C above the 1981-2010 average, thus making the year 2018 as the sixth warmest year on records since the nation-wide records commenced in 1901.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2019
India Meteorological Department
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate, Rainfall, Monsoons, Cold Waves, India
Natural Disasters

Cloudburst with torrential rain and hailstorm damages roads, homes at Bomdila

ITANAGAR: A cloudburst followed by torrential rain and hailstorm created havoc at Bomdila, the headquarters of West Kameng district on Saturday.

Publication Date: 
29/04/2019
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Arunachal, Rainfall, Drainage, Natural Disasters
Energy

India's hydropower to meet target despite varying forecasts by IMD, Skymet

While Skymet expects a below-normal rainfall, IMD sees near-normal rains this year

Publication Date: 
26/04/2019
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Hydroelectricity, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Rainfall, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Power Industry, Energy
Natural Disasters

'We are going to lose our land': Sutherland farmers pleading for help amid 6-year drought

The farming community of Sutherland in the Karoo is begging for help as they watch the lives of farmworkers, farmers and shopkeepers fall apart because of a prolonged six-year drought.

Publication Date: 
19/04/2019
News 24 (South Africa)
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Droughts, Farmers, Land, Rainfall, South Africa, Africa

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