Each passing day Kerala Floods is becoming one of the biggest disasters the state has faced for the past couple of generations. While some of the older generation including our own weather blogger from Trivandrum may have faint memories of the 1961 floods which was possibly the second worst in the last century, 1924 possibly…
Author: Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkaalam
Cauvery Basin – Flooding Risk Ahead
On a day when the Cauvery Basin dams outflow in Karnataka accumulate to nearly 1.40 lakh cusecs it becomes necessary to think slightly further ahead on what could turn out to be testing times for all those who are living along the Cauvery Basin right from Wayanad till Delta districts. The outflow from Stanley reservoir…
Late Night Rains Likely in Chennai
Last night saw isolated rains in Chennai and surrounding areas after what was a fairly hot day with Chennai AP recording 38.0°C, 3.3 degrees above normal and Chennai Nungambakkam recording 37.1°C, 2.3 degrees above normal for an August day. The IMD observatory at Nungambakkam recorded 14 mm bulk of it fell between 7 & 9…
Active Monsoon in West Coast increases Flood Risk
Active Monsoon in West Coast triggered by the west travelling monsoon disturbance over Central India. After maintaining its depression status for more than 48 hours, currently lying as a Well Marked Low over North Chhattisgarh & East Madhya Pradesh has indeed brought back Monsoon in West Coast after a lull of nearly fortnight. As mentioned…
Depression to bring Monsoon Mojo back
The Monsoon Depression currently lying just along the shores of North Odisha / West Bengal is likely to bring some of the Mojo back into Southwest Monsoon after a spell of weak Monsoon dynamics since the turn of August. Yesterday morning saw heavy rains lash coastal Odisha under the influence of this disturbance with Puri…