Britain's Prince Charles reads out Scotland weather
Britain's Prince Charles presented a special weather forecast for the BBC during a visit to the broadcaster's Scotland headquarters in Glasgow.
The Telegraph newspaper reported that Prince Charles a
State continues to sweat it out
Rising mercury levels coupled with power outage made Chennaiites sweat and fume on Saturday.
While heat wave conditions prevailed in some parts of coastal Tamil Nadu and coastal Andhra Pradesh, Chen
Gear up to fight kathiri onslaught
With the ‘peak’ summer season (kathiri) starting Friday, the temperature is expected to stay on the higher side till the end of this month.
While the normal maximum temperature in May is 36.4 degree
March proves warmer this year
It was a warmer March for Chennai this year. The actual temperature was 1°C above normal and the Met office said westerly winds that blew for about 15 days in March deferred the onset of the cooling s
Typhoon-strength storm kills two in Japan, brings chaos
A typhoon-strength storm brought travel chaos to Japan on Tuesday, as violent winds and rain killed at least two people and left tens of thousands of people stranded.
Gusts of up to 150 kilometres (9
TN to get 58 auto weather stations
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) will setup 58 automatic weather stations (AWS) and 75 automatic rain gauge (ARG) stations in Tamil Nadu.
The department had planned to set up 2,000 AWS acro
Fog may hamper flights over Chennai in March too
“Winter is very dry this year except for early morning chill. But then climatologically, the city has been experiencing less than 500 metres visibility for four days in March,” said Dr R. Suresh, dire
Flights delayed due to poor visibility
Poor visibility owing to a layer of haze disrupted flight movements at the Chennai airport here.
Nearly 30 domestic and international flights were delayed due to low visibility, officials said. Morni
Kashmir to blast stream's way blocked by avalanche
The state government on Saturday decided to seek the army's help to survey and subsequently blast through a Kashmir stream blocked by an avalanche that resulted in a glacial lake, threatening the live
Three killed in avalanche, landslides in Jammu and Kashmir
Three persons, including an eight-month-old were buried alive and ten houses damaged in separate incidents of avalanche and landslide hits in Kishtwar, Ramban and Kathua districts of Jammu and Kashmir