Imd articles

  • Mumbai faces second heatwave of season, IMD issues warning

    MUMBAI: For the second time this season, Mumbai and its adjoining areas witnessed heatwave conditions, with daytime temperatures breaching the 37-degree mark. The IMD Santacruz observatory recorded maximum temperatures of 38.1 degrees on April 28, Sunday, which was 4.4 degrees above normal and the second-highest for the month so far. Previously, on April 16, maximum temperatures for the city had touched 39.7 degrees. Meanwhile, the maximum temperatures recorded by the IMD Colaba observatory were...

  • East, south peninsula to get rain, thunderstorms next week, IMD predicts

    NEW DELHI: Indian Meterological Department on Sunday predicted wet spell accompanied with thunderstorms and gusty winds along the eastern and southern peninsula till May 9. The weather department in a press release also predicted the continuation of heavy rainfall along with thunderstorms and gusty winds over northeastern parts of the country till May 7.Warning about cyclonic circulation lying over northeast Assam and Bihar, the weather department said that "strong southwesterly winds from Bay...