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Department of Water Resources and Irrigation ( Nepali: जल तथा मौसम विज्ञान विभाग) is a department under Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation. Its mainly works by collecting datas related to hydrology and meteorology throughout Nepal and processing to publish and disseminate them. [1] [2]
The World Meteorological Organization ( WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology and geophysics. [2]
Nepal has a limited meteorological network and records of past weather events are sparse. Some parts of the country had no log of data prior to 1956. In that year the India Meteorological Department established weather stations , later turning over responsibility to the Nepalese government in 1966.
Climate change has been alarming in the context of global warming. In Nepal, 95% of greenhouse gas emissions are from agriculture and forestry sectors; of this, 77% was from the forestry sector only. [14] The consequences of global warming have had the most impact in developing and mountainous countries like Nepal, which has high intensity ...
In June, temperatures in Nepal topped 40 °C (104 °F) for days, with cities such as Nepalgunj and Nawalpur reaching as high as 44 °C (111 °F). The heat forced the closures of some schools and colleges in the country for over a week. The country's meteorological department warned that the high temperatures would likely persist until mid-July.
Cyclone Asani. Severe Cyclonic Storm Asani [a] ( / ɑːˈsɑːnɪ /) was a strong tropical cyclone that made landfall in India in May 2022. It was the strongest storm of 2022 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. The third depression and deep depression, and the first named storm of the 2022 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Asani originated from ...
Cyclone Hudhud. Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Hudhud [nb 1] was a strong tropical cyclone that caused extensive damage and loss of life in eastern India and Nepal during October 2014. Hudhud originated from a low-pressure system that formed under the influence of an upper-air cyclonic circulation in the Andaman Sea on October 6.
Kathmandu, officially Kathmandu Metropolitan City, is the capital and most populous city of Nepal with 845,767 inhabitants living in 105,649 households as of the 2021 Nepal census and approximately 4 million people in its urban agglomeration.