-The Times of India GURUGRAM: The sand storm conditions prevailing in the city for three days has raised fears of early desertification of the Delhi-NCR region among environmental experts. According to the experts, there has been an increase in frequency, longevity and density of sand Storms in this region this year. “The frequency of sand Storms has increased in the city in the past one decade. While earlier (in 2002), summer sand...
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What's behind the intense Storms battering North West India? Experts divided, call for more research
-Scroll.in Some believe the ‘peculiar’ thunderStorms and dust Storms are because of a change in the pattern of winter Storms, or rising heat. Several of India’s northern states – particularly Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi – have experienced a spate of severe thunderStorms and dust Storms with strong winds and lightning in the past month. The Storms have killed over 124 people and left a trail of devastation. According to the Indian...
More »Storms kill more in 5 weeks than all of 2017 -Amit Bhattacharya
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Storms across the country have killed more people since April 11 than all of last year. Since Sunday, thunderStorms claimed 94 lives across six states, taking the death toll in Storms since April to 278. Fatalities in the first two weeks of May stand at 223, while 55 people died in April. Last year, Storms claimed 197 lives, while the toll in 2016 was 216. The...
More »Brace for more: Haryana schools closed, 13 states on storm alert -Amit Bhattacharya
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Days after thunderStorms wreaked havoc across the country, claiming at least 129 lives, the Met department has issued another storm warning for north India for the next two days. Reacting to the alert, Haryana education minister Ram Bilas Sharma announced that all schools in the state will remain closed on Monday and Tuesday. In view of the chances of loss of life and property, the Panchkula...
More »SuperStorms across India kill 127, shatter homes and lives
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Severe thunderStorms lashed many parts of the country on Wednesday night, killing at least 127 people in the last 24 hours and leaving a trail of destruction, with houses flattened, trees uprooted and electricity poles in disarray. The maximum devastation occurred in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, where the Storms claimed 112 lives. Uttar Pradesh reported 73 deaths, of which 46 were in Agra district alone. As many...
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