Globally, the decade to 2019 was the hottest recorded, and the five hottest years have all occurred within the last five years.

The number of heat wave days are persistently increasing in India in the past few decades, according to an ongoing India Meteorological Department study, an indication that global warming has started affecting ambient temperatures significantly

India heatwave warning: Rural areas of the country are blistering under the blazing sun especially in the particularly arid areas. Power cuts have not made it easy for the people either.

India heatwave warning: Rural areas of the country are blistering under the blazing sun especially in the particularly arid areas. Power cuts have not made it easy for the people either.

RK Jenamani, a senior scientist at the weather office, said that the heatwave is over in most parts of India including Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh.

An up close and personal account of how the IMD’s control room coordinates 24/7 with multiple met and regional centres, weather stations and allied departments, external agencies and states, processing and mining loads of mindboggling data to provide accurate…

An up close and personal account of how the IMD’s control room coordinates 24/7 with multiple met and regional centres, weather stations and allied departments, external agencies and states, processing and mining loads of mindboggling data to provide accurate…

Climate change is not only raising temperatures and making India’s heatwaves more intense, it is also changing weather patterns that, in turn, are driving dangerous heat extremes, say experts

As most of India is adversely affected by a heatwave, multiple factors are driving up India's power requirements, worsening the crisis.

Skymet has predicted that Northern regions of the country such as East Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, South Punjab, South Haryana and isolated pockets of Delhi NCR may experience a heatwave in the next 24 hours.
 

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February saw record-breaking temperatures in some cities in India, with temperatures in North-West & Central parts of India especially breaching the normal by over 5 degree celsius. Now, the weather department is predicting heatwaves between March and May…