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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]
Bara and Parsa districts of Nepal. Houses destroyed. 1,059 (1,342 homes damaged) Part of the tornado outbreaks of 2019. On March 31, 2019, a powerful "rainstorm" swept across two districts of southern Nepal killing at least 28 and injuring more than 1,100 people. [1] It was later identified as the first confirmed case of a tornado in Nepal.
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 ...
Atypical for November, the storm continued northward and became the most intense cyclone to affect Nepal in the autumn in 50 years. The country's Department of Meteorology did not issue warnings for the storm, as no mountain trekking teams requested a forecast.
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]
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.
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 ...
The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) [7] [11] killed 8,962 people in Nepal and injured 21,952 more. It occurred at 11:56 Nepal Standard Time on Saturday 25 April 2015, with a magnitude of 7.8 M w [1] or 8.1 M s [12] and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of X ( Extreme ). Its epicenter was east of Gorkha District at ...