Thiruvananthapuram: India Meteorological Department

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P. Sunderrajan

NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department on Friday forecast that rainfall during the coming southwest monsoon season would be near normal, at 96 per cent of the long period average (LPA).

The annual monsoon, crucial to the country

The RADAR Imaging Satellite (RISAT), to be launched from Sriharikota on April 20, will enable India manage disasters more efficiently, observed G Madhavan Nair, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

NASA HAS used satellite data and a new modelling approach that could improve weather forecasting and save more lives when future cyclones develop. About 15 per cent of the world

AHMEDABAD : Mercury levels in the city have shot up with temperatures going two degrees above normal. Weatherman warns that there may be more dust storms this week. The last such storm hit the city in March and claimed 52 trees.