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Little rain has fallen in the past three months across Pakistan, and farmers are worried about their winter crops and missing agricultural production targets. Fareeda Nasrullah runs a small farm in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province and said the lack of rainfall is threatening her wheat crop this year. "Our ...

Jammu and Kashmir has been witnessing dry weather over the past six weeks, posing a significant threat to the region’s biodiversity. Experts warn of adverse impacts on water bodies, glaciers and key sectors such as agriculture, horticulture and tourism.The region is currently undergoing an extended period of dry weather ...

Pic: Shakeel/Excelsior SRINAGAR, Jan 24: Even as intense dry cold gripped Kashmir and Jammu recorded below normal temperatures on Wednesday, the MeT department said that the long dry spell was likely to end by this weekend.The Meteorological (Met) department has forecast snow/rain in plains as ...

Severe weather conditions in the country’s northwestern plains and western Himalayas can be attributed to the lack of active western disturbances over northern India, El Niño conditions in the equatorial Pacific Ocean and strong jet stream winds over North India, the India Meteorological Department said on Thursday. Western disturbances ...

Srinagar: Unusual weather pattern continues in Jammu and Kashmir this winter as Srinagar recorded maximum of 15.0°C on weekend, the “warmest” day in 14 years in the middle of ‘Chillai-Kalan’, vernacularly considered the harshest period of winter period which is ending on January 30. A meteorological department official said ...

SRINAGAR,- Weatherman on Saturday forecast possibility of light snow over isolated higher reaches due to feeble Western Disturbances (WDs) approaching on January 16 and 20 but said that dry weather is likely to continue till January 23. “Dry weather is likely to continue till January 23 with feeble WDs ...

Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN WorldPMN NewsAuthor of the article:The Associated PressAijaz HussainPublished Jan 13, 2024  •  3 minute read Article contentSRINAGAR, India (AP) — A prolonged dry spell is sweeping across the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir during the harshest phase of winter, leaving many people sick and farmers worried about ...

Pic: Shakeel/Excelsior SRINAGAR, Jan 12: A large number of people held special prayers for rain and snowfall in Kashmir Valley to end the long dry spell at the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar on Friday.In the wake of the continued dry spell in Kashmir Valley, ...

SRINAGAR, Jan 12: Intense dry cold froze Srinagar at minus 4 and Jammu had a minimum temperature of 3.7 degrees Celsius on Friday. Jammu recorded the lowest minimum temperature of the season at 3.7 on Friday while it also recorded the lowest maximum temperature at 8.8 on Thursday.Srinagar had ...

Pic: Shakeel/Excelsior SRINAGAR, Jan 12: Intense dry cold froze Srinagar at minus 4 and Jammu had a minimum temperature of 3.7 degrees Celsius on Friday. Jammu recorded the lowest minimum temperature of the season at 3.7 on Friday while it also recorded the lowest maximum temperature at 8.8 on ...