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Daily News & Analysis
April 30, 2018
Agri, consumption and rural-related stocks saw up to 30% surge after the India Meteorological Department (IMD) last month forecast that southwest monsoon would be normal this year. Analysts fell heels over head recommending stocks that would shine this year after IMD prediction. However, the party onÃâà...
UrduPoint News
April 30, 2018
KOHAT, APRIL 30(UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 30th Apr, 2018 ) :Deputy Commissioner Khalid Iliyas has directed all the concerned departments to take precautionary measures well before monsoon to minimize chances of losses in its wake. As part of such efforts, the district disaster managementÃâà...
Times of India
April 29, 2018
"It is directed that no earth cutting and carrying of earth should be allowed from May 1 till the monsoon season is over. However, for any government scheme or any project of national importance, if earth cutting is required, then that may be taken into consideration on merit basis," the release added.
ReliefWeb
April 28, 2018
COX'S BARAR, Bangladesh – Early monsoon rains have arrived in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees are living in flimsy tents of bamboo and tarpaulin, renewing fears of flooding, mudslides, water-borne diseases and further displacement among an alreadyÃâà...
Human Rights Watch
April 28, 2018
Plus:Journalists punished for doing their job in Turkey; French president buys into China's rights vision; China tech companies remove gender discriminatory job ads; Witness linked to former Colombian president probe murdered; Local forces in Iraq banish ISIS suspects' families; Spain's #MeTooÃâà...
BT.com
April 28, 2018
British aid workers fear they may be cut off from supporting hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees once the monsoon season hits Bangladesh, after a few hours of rain "completely transformed" parts of the camp. 27 April 2018; 00:01:32. Share. by Taboolaby Taboola Ãâ÷ Sponsored LinksSponsored Links Ãâ÷ PromotedÃâà...
The Independent
April 28, 2018
Fears for Rohingya as refugee camps battered by cyclones and monsoons ... British aid workers fear they may be cut off from supporting hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees once the monsoon season hits Bangladesh, after a few hours of rain “completely transformed” parts of the camps. Last weekÃâà...
The National
April 28, 2018
A 2015 study indicated that every 23,000 years or so there were wet phases in the Arabian peninsula that saw monsoon rains penetrate into the interior, creating a lush habitat. When the monsoons disappeared, so did this habitat. Only a small edge of Arabia currently experiences the remnants of thisÃâà...
The Guardian
April 27, 2018
As a test run for the monsoon, it has left aid agencies worried. Makeshift drains in parts of ... Monsoons have battered Khatun's village, Rasidong, in northern Myanmar, his entire life. When he was 18, ... “I used to prepare for the monsoon ever year, but this is totally different,” he says. “There aren't enoughÃâà...
Skymet Weather
April 27, 2018
As per Skymet Weather, weather models are indicating that Monsoon 2018 is most likely to make timely onset over Kerala. Skymet Weather has predicted normal Monsoon 2018 to the tune of 100% (with an error margin of +/- 5%) of LPA (long period average) of 887 mm from June 1 to September 30.
AOL UK
April 27, 2018
British aid workers fear they may be cut off from supporting hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees once the monsoon season hits Bangladesh, after a few hours of rain ... Charities supporting the #Rohingya fear these areas will flood when the monsoons arrive @decappealpic.twitter.com/lznFrZcerU.
Livemint
April 27, 2018
There, he filed a complaint against the director of India Meteorological Department's office at Pune, the person responsible for the monsoon forecast. ... “Normal monsoons in past years delivered a good harvest, but not decent income to farmers… barring wheat, there is not a single crop where farmers haveÃâà...
Skymet Weather
April 27, 2018
The seasonal forecast when issued is with respect to various rainfall categories. Normal Monsoon is considered between 96 and 104 percent. Excess Monsoon is declared when rains are more than 110 percent, while below normal is between 90 and 95 percent. Meanwhile, less than 90% is considered toÃâà...
VnExpress International
April 27, 2018
Lighting killed a woman in Hanoi and two people in the Central Highlands' Dak Long Province this week as the monsoon season started in Vietnam. Ngo Thi Thu, 27, from Hanoi, was struck by lighting on Wednesday morning while she was taking care of her son. She was taken to the hospital but sheÃâà...
Times of India
April 26, 2018
PANAJI: Goa Foundation on Wednesday sought a direction from the high court of Bombay at Goa to Indian Bureau of Mines, the directorate of mines and geology and the state government to come up with a scheme for protection and safety of mines during the monsoon. During the hearing of the publicÃâà...
NDTV
April 26, 2018
Officials are taking interim measures if it is not possible to relocate a large number of refugees before monsoons. These include using bulldozers to improve roads, stabilise the slopes and level the land in the Kutupalong-Balukhali camp. The bamboo shacks on the hills are being strengthened by sandbags,Ãâà...
Economic Times
April 26, 2018
The government has also prepared contingency plans for 623 districts in 28 states to help farmers deal with lower output in the event of scanty rains, or the delayed onset of the monsoons, Malhotra said. “There is ample availability of seeds for kharif crop. In soyabean there is an issue –with 93,170 quintalÃâà...
Reliefweb
April 26, 2018
Christian Aid is working around the clock to help those who have fled Myanmar to the camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, to prepare for the coming cyclone and monsoon season. Flooding, landslides and cyclones are expected which will destroy many of the temporary shelters set up since the massÃâà...
Belfast Telegraph
April 24, 2018
Monsoon is the latest chain to pull out of the town, shutting up shop on Saturday. The departure of the ladies' and children's wear outlet comes a fortnight after the loss of Miss Selfridge at the same shopping centre. That same day, outsize ladieswear chain Evans pulled down the shutters for the last time.
WeatherNation
April 24, 2018
“The monsoon is pretty nasty stuff, pretty ugly,” says Ivory Small, science and operations officer for the National Weather Service at the San Diego .... office with its most important public safety function of issuing flash flood watches and warnings during fast-changing and hard-to-predict events like monsoons.
ReliefWeb
April 24, 2018
Cox's Bazar – Over 40,000 Rohingya families in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar refugee camps have now been trained in shelter upgrade techniques ahead of the fast approaching monsoon and cyclone season. Women are playing a key role as part of a major project being rolled out by IOM, the UN MigrationÃâà...
Economic Times
April 24, 2018
Now we have a third call coming in, which is linked to the normal monsoon forecast. With normal monsoon forecast in place and possibly the monsoons will play out well even from a distribution point of view and we will see consumption demand going up. That is the theme that we would like to play onÃâà...
Business Line
April 24, 2018
During its positive phase, the western basin of the Indian Ocean warms up relative to the East, and boosts a concurrent Indian monsoon. During a negative IOD, the East of the basin warms up but doesn't help the monsoon. It starts around May or June, peaks in August-October and rapidly decays when theÃâà...
KOAT Albuquerque
April 24, 2018
As drought conditions continue to get worse across New Mexico, we look ahead to our monsoon season with high hopes for soaking downpours. Advertisement. Meteorologist Eric Green has the updated monsoon season outlook and it looks like we could be in for a good one. Watch the video above for theÃâà...
ABC Local
April 23, 2018
Aid workers have been warning for weeks that the onset of the monsoon season in Bangladesh could dramatically escalate an already tenuous situation for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees. Now the monsoon is upon them. Over the past year, around 700,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar,Ãâà...
Arizona Public Media
April 23, 2018
Those hoping for a summer that does not include talk of record-breaking heat may be in for a disappointing season. Predictions from the National Weather Service's Tucson office show above-normal heat will most likely stretch from the spring into the summer. National Weather Service meteorologist KenÃâà...
Moneycontrol.com
April 22, 2018
Ruling out any possibility of dry coal shortage in the upcoming monsoon season, the Coal Ministry said it has sufficient stocks to meet the demand of power plants. The ministry, however, stressed that it expects power plants to lift their requirement in time to avoid any shortage which was witnessed last yearÃâà...
Zee Business
April 22, 2018
Monsoon prediction: FMCG companies are expecting an improvement in the sentiment and a positive impact on demand growth in rural areas. The government's move to focus on rural infrastructure projects and decision to hike minimum support prices of crops would also help them regain the momentumÃâà...
The Hindu
April 22, 2018
The Delhi government's Public Works Department (PWD) will carry out the strengthening of several roads and construct drains in various areas in the Capital before the onset of monsoon which, as a matter of course, triggers waterlogging every year. The Department has approved ₹4.93 crore for executingÃâà...
Economic Times
April 22, 2018
The monsoon is not merely a seasonal phenomenon in India. It is an emotional event, too. The economy is virtually hinged on these rains and that raises the stakes. Any delay in the onset brings anxious moments while a timely arrival boosts excitement. The monsoon regime is prevalent in the tropics and itÃâà...
KGUN
April 22, 2018
TUCSON, Ariz. - Dry weather is persisting in Southeast Arizona and as a consequence, pushing the Tucson area to peak wildfire season. Fire and weather experts are now concerned the dry conditions are likely to stay until monsoon. According to the National Weather Service, the current conditions areÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
April 21, 2018
By Dildar Baykan. COX's BAZAR. Turkish aid organizations are working to tackle the monsoon season risks faced by the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, Turkish Red Crescent officials said Friday. Ahmet Erbil, the operations manager of the Turkish Red Crescent, and Ali Akgul, the head of the charity'sÃâà...
CBC.ca
April 21, 2018
Aid workers tending to Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are ramping up preparations in the weeks before the start of monsoon season, amid warnings that makeshift shelters in their Bangladesh camps could be destroyed by mudslides and flooding. Myanmar's panel of international advisers on issuesÃâà...
Economic Times
April 21, 2018
This will be the third consecutive year of normal monsoon after two successive droughts in 2014 and 2015. A good monsoon creates positive perception about the economy among market participants, including foreign institutional investors, as many sectors depend on monsoon rains either directly orÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
April 21, 2018
The contrast between cold air over the Himalayas to the north and increasingly humid air in advance of the summer monsoon, creates the perfect atmosphere for severe thunderstorms and deadly tornadoes to develop across the region, including Bangladesh. These storm systems usually fade away in theÃâà...
CNN
April 20, 2018
According to Bangladeshi media, earlier this week Myanmar's Social Welfare Minister Win Myat Aye told reporters in Yangon that conditions in the camp are "very poor," and suggested that repatriation of the Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar needed to get underway as the monsoon threat loomed.
Skymet Weather
April 20, 2018
Southwest Monsoon is an important event for India as a whole. There are some oceanic features which play a significant role in controlling as well as driving the Southwest Monsoon. The well-known features include the El Nino, La Nina, IOD (Indian Ocean Dipole). There is another feature which is possiblyÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
April 20, 2018
By Dildar Baykan. COX's BAZAR. Turkish aid organizations are working to tackle the monsoon season risks faced by the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, Turkish Red Crescent officials said Friday. Ahmet Erbil, the operations manager of the Turkish Red Crescent, and Ali Akgul, the head of the charity'sÃâà...
Scroll.in
April 20, 2018
The much-awaited long-range monsoon forecast of the India Meteorological Department, the country's official weather forecasting agency, is out. On April 16, Met department issued its first stage long-range forecast for this year's southwest monsoon, predicting “normal rainfall” of 97% of the long periodÃâà...
Daily News & Analysis
April 20, 2018
In its final stage, the Dravyavati riverfront project is expected to face challenge from monsoon rain. The river was rainwater escape for several of the colonies adjoining its length, the water though remains unwelcome this season as the project gears to meet completion deadline by August. “The JDC hasÃâà...
https://tucsonfoodie.com
April 19, 2018
After a months of delays, chocolate factory and cafe Monsoon Chocolate is finally coming to fruition on Wednesday, April 25. And don't expect just chocolate and coffee. The 2,500-square-foot building will also feature a vegetable-forward menu with creative salads, house-baked bread for its sandwiches,Ãâà...
Western Producer
April 19, 2018
WINNIPEG (CNS Canada) – India is forecasting an average monsoon rainfall this year, making the chance of India importing Canadian pulse crops slim. “Given the tariff scheme and the protectionist attitudes India has displayed this year, I think it will take a major weather influence to hurry up the correctionÃâà...
Sky News
April 18, 2018
'Race against time' to save Rohingya refugees from monsoon season. With monsoon season on the horizon, the Bangladeshi government is developing an island off the mainland to shift 100,000 refugees. 20:06, UK, Wednesday 18 April 2018. The Bangladeshi government is developing the remote Bhasan Char island toÃâà...
Economic Times
April 17, 2018
Rainfall above 110 percent of the average would mean an excessive monsoon, which would not be as damaging as a drought but could be potentially harmful for the yields of certain crops. The monsoon season starts with rains on the southern Kerala coast around June 1, covering the whole country by theÃâà...
Skymet Weather
April 15, 2018
Updated on April 15. 1:20 PM (IST): Heavy rains continue to lash many parts of Sri Lanka even during the last 24 hours. In fact, a few spells of rains were also recorded over the nation. During the last 24 hours from 8:30 am on Saturday, Puttalam saw 45 mm of rains, Nuwara Eliya 40.5 mm, MahaÃâà...
Times of India
April 15, 2018
KOLKATA: The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) has planned to lay new sewer lines and clear the existing ones at several places along EM Bypass before the onset of monsoon. The agency has started working on the project as severe waterlogging is reported from certain pockets onÃâà...
DAWN.com
April 15, 2018
KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Saturday directed the authorities to clean sewers and storm-water drains across the city before the first spell of monsoon and submit a compliance report. Headed by Justice Faisal Arab, a two-judge bench was hearing a petition on supply of potable water and provision ofÃâà...
Times of India
April 14, 2018
NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) will issue its first official forecast for 2018 monsoon rains on Monday. The department had issued a weather warning and predicted "heavy rains" at isolated places over Kerala for Saturday. Recommended By Colombia. Thunderstorm accompaniedÃâà...
KGUN
April 14, 2018
TUCSON, Ariz. - The Pima County Regional Flood Control District will begin to remove sediment in the Alamo Wash to prepare for Monsoon. They will remove about 5,000 cubic yards of sediment on Monday. This will be in the Alamo Wash where it meets Rillito Creek east of Swan Road. Crews will beÃâà...
Times of India
April 14, 2018
A large number of devotees from various parts of the district including Lalgudi and Thuraiyur visited temples here such as Vekkali Amman, Samayapuram Mariamman temple and Ayyappan temple on Lawson's road. “Absence of monsoon and inadequate water were the problems we faced in recent years.
