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Millions across US brace for plummeting temperatures and winter storms

January 20, 2025 5:18 pm

Sunday snowfall was just the start of a chaotic week of weather.

Why India Meteorological Department (IMD) needs an upgrade, with climate change impacting weather

August 29, 2024 1:01 pm

The government is learnt to be planning a major upgrade of the IMD’s existing capabilities. Take a look at the science behind weather forecasting, and why there is a need for more precision in the wake of climate change-induced unpredictability.

The temperature is depicted at 110 degrees Fahrenheit, representing the extreme heat wave in Phoenix.

July sizzling as Phoenix hits record temperatures; wildfires spread in California

July 31, 2023 10:27 am

The historic heat began blasting the lower Southwest US in late June, stretching from Texas across New Mexico and Arizona and into California's desert.

Kentucky floods kill at least 8, more deaths expected, governor says

July 29, 2022 12:54 pm

Roads looked like rivers, with water as high as the leaves of nearby trees and power poles sticking up from greenish brown water, in videos posted by local media.

Chill returns to the US as storm dumps more than a foot of snow

January 22, 2014 11:01 am

The storm stretched 1,600 kilometers between Kentucky and Massachusetts

US halts offshore drilling as oil spill reaches coast

May 01, 2010 2:59 am

Coast Guard officials were investigating reports on Friday morning that oil from a massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico had washed ashore overnight....