Hong Kong’s observatory has warned of heavy showers and squally thunderstorms over the city in the coming week, but said it remains uncertain whether the low-pressure trough driving the storms will develop into a tropical cyclone. A spokesman for the Hong Kong Observatory said on Sunday that convective clouds associated with a broad trough of low pressure have been affecting the central South China Sea and are expected to bring heavy rain and thunderstorms to the city on Tuesday and...
Mahabaleshwar, in Maharashtra’s Satara district, received 513 mm of rainfall on 6th July, which, according to the IMD’s historical records, is highest 24-hour rainfall ever recorded. The hill station recorded nearly one-tenth of its average annual rainfall (5,710 mm) in a single day
The heatwave will likely see record high temperatures, ahead of Fourth of July celebrations and FIFA matches in the US.
With a ‘Super El Niño’ forecast for this year, it is an open meteorological question if a 1997 situation could recur