”monsoons” News

Global warming could delay, weaken monsoons: study

CHICAGO (AFP) – Global warming could delay the start of the summer monsoon by five to 15 days within the next century and significantly reduce rainfall in much of South Asia ,
03 2 2009 5:12AM (...more)

India's Floods Reveal Climate Change Specter

Indian farmers had been praying for rain after the weakest monsoon season in 40 years had left their crops stricken by drought. But when the rains finally came, forceful and incessant
10 12 2009 12:28AM (...more)

PM: country has seen poor monsoons

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has had a difficult year due to the global downturn and poor monsoons , Prime Minister
09 2 2009 8:11AM (...more)

No need for panic over monsoons - Pranab

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The government is ready with a contingency plan if monsoon rains remain below normal and there is no need "to press the panic button", 07 16 2009 8:12PM (...more)

The U.S. Monsoon Gets New Respect

The monsoon is one of the least understood weather phenomena in the United States.
07 16 2008 11:52AM (...more)

Indian rescuers scramble to reach deluged villages

CALCUTTA, India - Soldiers and rescue workers rushed to provide relief to hundreds of thousands of people stranded in eastern India by monsoon floods that have killed at least 38 people in the past week, officials said Thursday.
06 20 2008 5:49PM (...more)

Floods kill 17 in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO (AFP) - The death toll from a week of torrential rain across Sri Lanka has risen to 17 and more than 253,000 people have been driven from their homes, the island's disaster management centre said Tuesday.
06 4 2008 2:20AM (...more)

US commander: Navy ships likely to leave Myanmar

WASHINGTON - The senior commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific says the Navy probably will withdraw a group of naval vessels from waters off the coast of Myanmar within days unless the government allows the ships to offload their relief supplies for cyclone victims.
05 31 2008 12:40AM (...more)

Tropical storm Halong lashes northern Philippines: officials

MANILA (AFP) - Tropical storm Halong battered the northern Philippines on Sunday with powerful winds triggering floods and landslides and displacing about 6,000 people, relief officials said.
05 19 2008 7:36AM (...more)

Bear Grylls offers survival techniques we all might need

"Man vs. Wild: Survival Techniques for the Most Dangerous Places on Earth" (Hyperion, 256 pages, $25.95), by Bear Grylls: In these days of global warming , rising oceans, monsoons , hurricanes, tornadoes and wildfires, the most dangerous place on earth could be right were you are.
05 14 2008 10:57AM (...more)