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Since 1966, Arctic land covered by snow is down by 18 percent. Nearly all glaciers and ice caps in the Arctic have shrunk in the last 100 years. The Arctic is warming like never before. Take a look at this scientific expedition to find out if the tentacles of climate change are spreading to the rooftop of the world.
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The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a branch of the United Nations (UN), said climate change had broken "symbolic thresholds," with global surface temperatures set to breach a 1 degree Celsius rise from pre-industrial levels - those counted between 1880 to 1899— by year-end.
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Rain or thundershowers would occur at most places over coastal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and at many places over interior Tamil Nadu, Kerala and few places over Lakshadweep, coastal Andhra Pradesh, a Met office bulletin said.
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Terming the upcoming climate change conference in Paris as "important", a noted green economist today claimed that the summit's failure would "dramatically increase" the risk of global environmental catastrophe.
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The weather office had forecast a 12 percent rain deficit in the four-month long season.
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The country has so far received 13 percent lower rainfall than normal in the current monsoon season.
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India's monsoon has covered the entire country, the weather office said on Friday, more than two weeks ahead of the normal schedule in a year that is forecast to see below average rains.
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According to weather experts, depression is observed in the initial stages and at the end of any cyclonic storm.
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El Niño also reduces the likelihood of a busy hurricane season, which lasts from June to November and can disrupt energy operations in the Gulf of Mexico.
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According to GP Sharma, VP- meteorology, Skymet Weather Services, South India is in the thick of pre-monsoon showers and this will pick up in next three days.
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The National Weather Service warned of a "life-threatening blizzard" that could dump as much as 30 inches (76 cm) of snow on parts of the region. It said winds could gust up to 55 mph (80 kph) around New York City.
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"So far, we have shifted 17,372 people from Kutch and Jamnagar district to safer places. Since the cyclone is expected to cross Kutch tomorrow, majority of the evacuees are from that district.
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As per the latest MeT bulletin, severe cyclonic storm Nilofar has moved east-northeastwards during the past six hours and currently lay centered at about 620 kms west-southwest of Naliya in Kutch.
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As per the modified prediction of Indian Meteorological Department, Nilofar is likely to have a landfall near Naliya village of Kutch district by November 1 afternoon against the earlier prediction of October 31.
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The Met department has said that there will be heavy rainfall in coastal Saurashtra and Kutch on October 30 and 31.
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Villages along the Visakhapatnam coast are being evacuated from morning. The MET department predicts a storm surge from the sea will inundate low-lying areas of north coastal Andhra Pradesh at the time of landfall, says GP Sharma, Vice President, Meteorology, Skymet Weather Services.
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Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth, who heads the National Crisis Management Committee, has asked the representatives of all central ministries, departments and Chief Secretaries of the state governments concerned to take necessary steps for preparedness to meet any eventuality from the cyclone, a release issued by the Home Ministry said.
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The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has said it's preparations are on war-footing to deal with any emergency.
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The rainfall deficiency is still very high in North West India; it‘s over 40 percent in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, says Yadav of Met Dept.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was in the state on Sunday to review relief operations, has called it a national disaster and has promised help to the flood affected areas in Kashmir as well as Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir. He also announced an assistance of Rs 1,000 crore to the state.
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WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE WEEK IN INDIA FROM 1ST TO 7TH SEPTEMBER
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