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Flooding on Kent Terrace ends – burst water pipe repaired
After a day of flooding on Kent Terrace, Wellington Water workers completed repairs on the old broken pipe late last night. At 10pm, this news from Wellington Water: “To make the area safe overnight, it will be backfilled and fenced off and traffic management will remain in place until morning –...Read more -
Salem will have 20 automatic weather stations and 55 automatic rain gauges
Salem District Collector R. Brinda Devi said that Salem district is installing 20 automatic weather stations and 55 automatic rain gauges on behalf of the Department of Revenue and Disasters and has selected suitable land for installing 55 automatic rain gauges. The process of installing automati...Read more -
Deeper well drilling an unsustainable stopgap to groundwater depletion
Groundwater depletion is causing wells to run dry, affecting food production and domestic water access. Drilling deeper wells may stave off the drying up of wells—for those who can afford it and where hydrogeologic conditions permit it—yet the frequency of deeper drilling is unknown. Here, we com...Read more -
Himachal Pradesh to set up 48 weather stations for early warning of heavy rain and precipitation
In an effort to enhance disaster preparedness and minimize the impact of extreme weather conditions by issuing timely warnings, the Himachal Pradesh government plans to install 48 automatic weather stations across the state to provide early warning of rainfall and heavy rainfall. Over the past fe...Read more -
Optimizing Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment with Advanced TOC Monitoring
In wastewater treatment, monitoring organic loads, particularly Total Organic Carbon (TOC), has become critical to maintaining efficient and effective operations. This is especially true in industries with highly variable waste streams, such as the food and beverage (F&B) sector. In this int...Read more -
Himachal Pradesh to install automated weather stations for more accurate forecasts
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh government has signed an agreement with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to install 48 automatic weather stations across the state. The stations will provide real-time weather data to help improve forecasts and better prepare for natural disasters. Currently,...Read more -
Automatic weather station installed in South Garo Hills
CAU-KVK South Garo Hills under ICAR-ATARI Region 7 has installed Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) to provide accurate, reliable real-time weather data to remote, inaccessible or hazardous locations. The weather station, sponsored by the Hyderabad National Climate Agricultural Innovation Project I...Read more -
Extreme weather – heavy rainfall
Heavy rainfall is one of the most frequent and widespread severe weather hazards to affect New Zealand. It is defined as rainfall greater than 100 mm in 24 hours. In New Zealand, heavy rainfall is relatively common. Often, a significant amount of precipitation occurs in only a few hours, leading ...Read more -
Singapore study links air pollution to 135 million premature deaths
Pollution from man-made emissions and other sources like wildfires have been linked to around 135 million premature deaths worldwide between 1980 and 2020, a Singapore university study found. Weather phenomena like El Nino and the Indian Ocean Dipole worsened the effects of these pollutants by in...Read more