Meanwhile, as urbanization accelerates, cities are hotter than their surrounding rural areas. This phenomenon is known as the ...

IMD forecasts cloudy skies and scattered showers; high humidity at 83% expected to add to discomfort amid passing rain spells ...

Retaining walls, built to prevent Mumbai’s rivers from overflowing during monsoons, have not changed much for residents ...

But this year’s early arrival has caused havoc across Mumbai, India’s finance capital and home to its vaunted Bollywood film industry, flooding roads and submerging cars.

Mumbai Will Flood More, Not Less — But The Romance Of Rain Can Return With Better Planning There was pre-monsoon rain, and parts of Mumbai flooded. The monsoon arrived earlier than its usual ...

In Mumbai, flooding occurs when there are heavy rains along with high tide, he said.Wadettiwar demanded that the monsoon session be extended at least by a day.

Extreme weather events have become more frequent across the world and barely anyone is spared. While Mumbai was dealing with a deluge, a glacier collapsed in Switzerland, dumping mud and ice into ...

Flooding and heavy rainfall are becoming the new normal in India. Our cities must urgently become flood-proof, and not just respond in monsoon months.

Mumbai, India’s financial capital, experienced severe flooding after receiving over 250mm of rainfall in just five hours, prompting authorities to issue a red alert and declare a holiday for ...

Rescuers are scrambling to evacuate flooded communities after heavy rains inundated parts of Bangladesh and northeast India, killing at least 36 people and causing rivers on both sides of the ...

But this year’s early arrival has caused havoc across Mumbai, India’s finance capital and home to its vaunted Bollywood film industry, flooding roads and submerging cars.