Over the years North Indian Ocean basin has seen some of the worst cyclone related natural disasters, 1970 Bhola Cyclone that hit Bangladesh and was one of the key factors in the creation of Bangladesh as an independent country, 1991 Bangladesh Cyclone that killed nearly 1.5 lakh people. 1999 Odisha Super Cyclone which saw more…
The Cyclone season over the North Indian Ocean has two episodes, the first one during April and May in what is effectively the pre monsoon season and subsequently between October and December which coincides with the Northeast Monsoon season and called as Post Monsoon season for better understanding. During Southwest Monsoon the presence of Tropical…
Interlude a musical composition inserted between the parts of a longer composition, a drama, or a religious service (Merriam Webster) As April gives way to May for almost every one in the Indian sub continent weather becomes an important talking point with Summer, heatwaves and associated temperatures the subject of discussions among not only the…
The last few days saw the return of Summer thunderstorms with a bang. A combination of favorable local and large scale factors meant after nearly two weeks the daily rainfall chart for Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry sub division showed above average rains with 24th April recording 8.5 mm, the highest single day rains, since the…
The past week to 10 days saw parts of the Indian Sub Continent come under increased maximum temperatures around East India and Peninsular India. Northeast India in particular was abnormally hot during the day time with many places recording max temperature anomaly in excess of 5°C during this period. Tamil Nadu was no different with…
