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Monsoon hope as WMO sees an El Niño counter

India faces a risk of below-normal monsoon rainfall due to El Niño. A positive Indian Ocean Dipole may offer some relief to the country. This oceanic pattern could improve rainfa...

Monsoon poised for fresh surge, riding on twin low-pressure areas

Though separated by thousands of kilometres, emerging Indian Ocean Dipole and a massive El Nino might be interacting through atmospheric teleconnections, reshaping rainfall pattern...

Reservoirs, sowing trend, next ‘low’ may disprove worst monsoon fears

Formation of next ‘low’ would signal that larger ocean-atmosphere background remains favourable for expected monsoon-salvaging positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD)

El Niño phase to continue till November?

El Niño and La Niña are opposite phases of a naturally occurring climate pattern known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), involving fluctuating ocean temperatures in the c...

The world’s oceans are the hottest on record for June – and El Niño is set to turn up the heat even more

The El Niño forming in the tropical Pacific right now is likely to be a big one. As it develops, we can expect to see warmer temperatures and extreme events such as marine heatwave...

El Niño raises heat concerns as Oman braces for prolonged hot summer

MUSCAT: Oman is heading towards what forecasters expect to be one of its warmer summers in recent years, with above-average temperatures likely to continue across much of the Sulta...

Early-Onset El Niño

The global weather disrupter appears to be taking a toll, and its peak could still be months away.

World Meteorological Organisation Says El Nino Will Intensify Starting August

In a statement, UN Secretary-General Antnio Guterres said, "El Nino is strengthening, adding fuel to a planet already on fire with scorching heat domes, apocalyptic wildfires and r...

Ocean warming, marine heatwaves and sea-level rise pose increasing risk in South-West Pacific region: WMO

Dry, wet, dry again: India’s ‘mysterious’ monsoon swings threaten crops, power supply

An intensifying El Nino and global warming are driving a shift in India’s monsoon rainfall, creating more erratic weather patterns that threaten to dent agricultural output and str...