weather

Extreme weather: Deaths have reduced but property loss increasing, says IMD chief | India News – Times of India

by

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India has significantly reduced the number of deaths due to extreme weather events over the years but the loss of property is increasing amid socio-economic progress, the head of India Meteorological Department Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said on Thursday.Comparing the 2013 Kedarnath floods and the Himachal Pradesh floods this year, he said there has … Read more

Indian Railways: Over 400 Trains Cancelled Owing Heavy Rainfall – Check List

by

[ad_1] More than 300 mail and express trains and 406 passenger trains have been cancelled between July 7 and July 15 due to waterlogging on tracks following heavy rainfall over the past few days, officials said. Overall, about 600 mail/express trains and over 500 passenger trains have been affected by waterlogging, they said. Northwest India … Read more

FTC to file injunction seeking to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard

by

[ad_1] FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan testifies during the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce hearing on the “FY2024 Federal Trade Commission Budget,” in Rayburn Building on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The Federal Trade Commission is set to file for an injunction seeking … Read more

Climate change causes 2m lives in 50 years, poor hit hardest: UN – SUCH TV

by

[ad_1] Extreme weather has caused the deaths of 2 million people and $4.3 trillion in economic damage over the past half a century, a report by the United Nations finds. According to the new figures published on Monday from the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), 11,778 weather-related disasters have occurred from 1970 to 2021, and … Read more

How to help Cyclone Mocha victims | CNN

by

[ad_1] CNN  —  One of the strongest storms on record to hit Myanmar has left thousands of people in urgent need of food, water, shelter, and medical help. Cyclone Mocha slammed into the southeast Asian nation on May 14. Western Rakhine state, an area with hundreds of thousands of displaced people living in camps, was … Read more

Tiger Woods makes the cut at The Masters | CNN

by

[ad_1] CNN  —  It remained in the balance for much of the morning as to whether Tiger Woods would make the cut at The Masters but after a nervy wait the five-time champion made it through to the third and fourth rounds in Augusta. In his 25th appearance at the prestigious major, Woods equaled Gary … Read more

Watch: Man rides out tornado inside van in Arkansas | CNN

by

[ad_1] Man rides out tornado inside van. See the footage Cody Coombes recounts riding out a tornado in Little Rock, Arkansas, inside his pest control van. The National Weather Service reported that an EF-3 tornado had roared through Pulaski and Lonoke counties with estimated peak winds of 165 mph, killing one person in North Little … Read more

March 25, 2023: Deadly tornado and severe storms sweep South

by

[ad_1] More than 20 million people are at risk of experiencing severe storms Sunday across much of the southern United States and portions of the Midwest. A Level 3 out of 5 risk for severe storms has been issued across portions of eastern Louisiana, south-central Mississippi and south-central Alabama. This threat level includes Jackson, Hattiesburg … Read more