The weekend storm was a study in extremes, bringing sleet and freezing rain along its northern edge and record high temperatures along the East Coast.

This tentative estimate was arrived at by the preliminary damage assessment report

RICBL and dzongkhag officials study windstorm damage at Siligang village in Kabjisa gewog, Punakha

With 92 houses suffering damage from the December 15 windstorm, Dogar gewog in Paro was the worst affected gewog. All 92 houses had their roofs blown away by the storm.

Scientists from Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi working on city's drainage master plan don't think it's a good idea to cover storm water drains.

While there may not be any harm in covering drains carrying only storm water, most of Delhi's storm water drains carry sewage water that emanates noxious gases and can cause severe groundwater pollution if trapped. A team from IIT is studying the impact of covering drains along with other aspects of the drainage system.

One of the many houses left roofless by yesterday’s windstorm in Haa

Even as it gets colder with snow fall, as many as 100 houses were destroyed after a storm hit at Thukimma and Nalbu VDCs in Taplejung today.

A storm with high velocity winds hit parts of East and North districts of Sikkim in the early morning hours today, wreaking havoc.

The 2013 Atlantic storm season has proved one of the quietest in decades with the lowest number of hurricanes since 1982 and none of them considered 'major', according to insurance broker Willis Re

The death toll from hurricane-force Storm Xaver sweeping across northern Europe rose to six on Friday when high winds hurled a tree limb against a car, killing three people, local emergency service